From The Hill: Fourteen attorneys general ask FEMA to make wildfire smoke, extreme heat eligible for major disaster aid

“Thirteen Democratic state attorneys general and their counterpart in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday wrote to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to voice support for rules making extreme heat and wildfire smoke events eligible for major disaster declarations.

The letter is in support of a June petition by a coalition of unions and green advocacy groups that called for expanding the regulatory definition of “major disasters” to include smoke and heat. This move by FEMA would make the federal agency’s funds and resources available to communities dealing with their effects.”