Dirty air is not an impossible problem. Beth Gardiner assesses some places cleaning up their act.
Death rates rise as air pollution goes up. But the flip side is that every incremental improvement in air quality brings health benefits almost immediately.
So, how do we clean up our air? Here are some of the world’s success stories. All are incomplete, but their progress shows what is possible.
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