America's Air Quality Worsens

America's Air Quality Worsens

 October 24, 2019


Data reveals that air pollution has increased since 2016. Fine particle pollution increased 5.5% between 2016 and 2018 after decreasing nearly 25% the seven previous years. This increase is thought to be mostly caused by driving and burning natural gasses. Wild fires are also a factor of the rise in particulate matter. A 5% increase in particulate matter can be the cause of 10,000 additional premature deaths.


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/24/climate/air-pollution-increase.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront


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  1. AnonymousOctober 27, 2019 at 5:13 PM

    This is very alarming especially because of the seven year span of decline in air pollution prior to this increase. Do you know of any way the rapidly increasing pollution can be combated?

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