We Need to Clean Up Our Air

Jorge Madrid explains the costs of bad air and how we can make our air cleaner.

Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice, Clean Energy, Conservation

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Why do we face a greater risk of smog and bad air in the summer? What are the costs? What can we do to reduce smog and clean up our air?

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See also:

Urge EPA to Protect Our Health by Cutting Mercury and Other Toxic Pollution (CAP Action)
School’s Out, Bad Air’s In by Jorge Madrid and Susan Lyon
Join the Campaign to Fight Asthma in Communities of Color by Jorge Madrid
Fighting Asthma and Cleaning Up Our Air by Susan Lyon and Jorge Madrid

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