air quality

Port slowdowns worsen air pollution in neighboring communities
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Portside communities in California have suffered from polluted air for years.
Wildfires have given parts of the West some of the worst air quality in the world
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Even the East Coast has had air quality issues due to this summer’s wildfire smoke.
Stimulus could fund ventilation improvements in classrooms
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Run-down public schools made air quality a problem before COVID.
As wildfires continue, air quality impacts farmworkers — masks requirements vary
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California has regulations, but it’s been hard to get PPE to workers in the fields. There’s no federal standard.
Office air quality could be dumbing down workers
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If only we could open those floor-to-ceiling windows.
Beijing declares dramatic success in fighting air pollution
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China says it has succeeded in cutting the city’s pollution over 5 years.
Study links air pollution to early death
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A new report ranks air pollution as the greatest threat to human life, above war and disease.
What would your city look like with Beijing’s air? A smog simulator
We imagine what would other cities might look like with Beijing-quality air.
Pollution boosts clean air industry in China
Severe air pollution in Eastern China this year has spurred an economic boom for companies making filtration machines, masks, and even clean air 'domes'.
Beijing’s bad air quality has an economic impact
Air pollution in Beijing over the weekend was 40 times worse than limits set by the World Health Organization and it has economic implications for China

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