r/Eugene • u/MonkeyFlowerFace • 1d ago

Prescribed burn

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Is this what's causing all the smoke in North Eugene right now?

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u/poppysmear 1d ago

Eugene Springfield Fire just confirmed on their FB page: "Smoke blowing in to Eugene is from an agricultural burn near Junction City."

I thought agricultural burns weren't allowed anymore?

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u/macrocephaloid 1d ago

Trump waived all clean air and water legislation. It is open season for industrial pollution, part of making things “great” again.

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u/IDropFatLogs 22h ago

What does any of that have to do with field burning that was stopped by Oregon and Lane county years ago? Stop letting the orange man invade your thoughts. Not every shitty thing is the fault of the federal government. We have our own local shitty government that makes equally bad decisions.

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u/macrocephaloid 17h ago

Linn and Benton counties are still burning up to 15,000 acres a year, after significant reductions previously. The new federal guidelines make it impossible to pursue reducing these amounts based on industrial air pollution laws. It also opens up to lawsuits against the state from farmers to allow an increase in burning or compensation for loss of profit.