COMMENT | Imagine waking up to a hazy morning. You may have experienced it recently. Perhaps even this morning.

You look outside the window and say to yourself, “Oh gosh, such terrible haze! I can barely see what’s across the road!”

Curious, you log onto the Department of Environment’s (DOE) website to see how bad the haze in your area is, and you are greeted with a fresh green balloon on the map pointing near where you live.

“Moderate!? This is a cover-up!” you might exclaim.