The Current Tally--We ARE NOT winning the Climate War.
Air pollution in New Delhi soars to 50 times the recommended safe limit. New Delhi authorities declared a medical emergency, shut down activities such as construction, and closed schools due to heavy, toxic smog that has enveloped India’s capital and the surrounding areas, home to around 55 million people.
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In certain parts of the city, poor air quality reached more than 50x the WHO’s recommended safe limit, according to the AP. The smog is the result of several factors, but the primary cause is farmers burning their crop residue, which blows into the city and stays trapped there because of the colder temperatures. Areas of Pakistan, India’s neighbor, have been suffering under similarly heavy smog conditions for weeks.
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S: Morning Brew
@Madken65
That's awful. 😳