Lest you forget people still show up for work to produce as I described, bigly. My city is on the shores of Lake Michigan and prevailing winds keep it from cracking the 'worst' lists.
See some red state cities among the ones listed?
As usual, it's an issue a little to complex for one inclined to simplistic assertions and conclusion jumping.
Many cities, especially eastern ones, have cleaned up their acts, "thanks to cleaner diesel fleets and cleaner fuels," the study found.
But some of the worst days for air quality have occurred in recent years due to climate change that creates "situations ripe for" pollution, according to the report.
The current drought in California, attributed to climate change, has triggered a spike in days thick with soot and dirt, according to another study released earlier this month.
"Continued progress cleaning up pollution makes a difference, but a changing climate is making it harder to protect human health," the lung association's report found.
Pollution can take a significant health toll, shortening lives and bringing on asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes and lung cancer, research has shown.
Lest we forget the big,giant dirty carbon footprint the cities provide that y’all moan about-
Please show us one time that the carbon footprint of city vs. rural has been even discussed, let alone moaned about. The only one pissing and moaning is you.
just another fact-free post from you that represents your biases and cognitive dissonance, but of course you think you know everything. Rural people pollute much more than city people per capita. Looks like the only shit hole is in the front of your face.
City dwellers have smaller carbon footprints, study finds
The image of cities is often traffic-clogged, polluted and energy-guzzling, but a new study has shown that city dwellers have smaller carbon footprints than national averages.
The report by London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) looked at 11 major cities on four continents, including London, Tokyo, New York and Rio de Janeiro.
It found per capita greenhouse gas emissions for a Londoner in 2004 were the equivalent of 6.2 tonnes of CO2, compared with 11.19 for the UK average.
The rural northeast of England, Yorkshire and the Humber, were singled out for having the highest footprints per capita in the UK.
In the US, New Yorkers register footprints of 7.1 tonnes each, less than a thrid of the US average of 23.92 tonnes.
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