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Chicago’s Ambitious Plan to Outpace Every US City With Air Pollution Sensors

Chicago’s radical 300-sensor network will expose every toxic air pocket your neighborhood hides—and Big Industry won’t like what residents learn next.
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The Invisible Threat: How Wildfire Smoke Poisons Air Quality Hundreds of Miles Away

Wildfire smoke travels thousands of miles, causing cardiac arrests and cognitive decline in cities that never see flames. Your air isn’t safe anywhere.
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Student Eco-Warriors Confront Parents’ Toxic Car Habit at School Gates

Students battle their own parents over toxic morning rituals poisoning school air. Young activists expose the 25% pollution spike parents create daily.
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Air Conditioners Push European Grids to Breaking Point as Thermometers Explode

Europe’s cooling addiction creates a vicious cycle: air conditioners fighting heat while making cities hotter. The power grid teeters on collapse.
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Mercury: The Deathly Element Mexican Cartels Can’t Quit Despite Global Bans

Mexican cartels poison entire communities with mercury while authorities helplessly watch this deadly element fuel their billion-dollar empire.
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EPA Guts Scientific Heart: Research Division Abolished as Scientists Face Pink Slips

EPA eliminates its scientific core while 1,540 researchers face termination—communities now defenseless against unchecked industrial pollution.
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EPA Grants Steel Giants Years to Pollute While Communities Breathe Toxins

Steel giants get three more years to poison communities while EPA bows to billion-dollar corporations demanding toxic emission extensions.
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Crucial Climate Watchdog Vanishes: MethaneSAT’s Mysterious Disappearance Threatens Global Emission Tracking

The $88 million climate watchdog satellite vanished mysteriously, leaving methane polluters invisible. Earth’s deadliest gas now flows unchecked.
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EPA Gutting Threatens to Leave Americans Choking on Deadly Wildfire Smoke

While EPA weakens air quality rules, deadly wildfire smoke threatens millions—and the most vulnerable Americans pay the highest price.
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Federal Order Forces Michigan’s Deadly Coal Plants to Keep Polluting

Federal order forces Michigan’s deadly coal plants to continue poisoning communities while 82 people die annually from their toxic emissions.