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Air pollution decreased the following year because of COVID and the fact that people were in lockdown and couldn't go anywhere. No one was driving and the numbe
by 9283409232 2y ago
Air pollution decreased the following year because of COVID and the fact that people were in lockdown and couldn't go anywhere. No one was driving and the number of flights were reduced. There were plenty of stories about how COVID was helping reduce pollution. Here's one as an example: https://www.businessinsider.com/before-after-photos-show-less-air-pollution-during-pandemic-lockdown?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/before-after-photos-show-les....
- chneu 2y agoThis was huge news in the environmental world. Unfortunately, it wound up being really depressing. We showed that we could substantially reduce emissions with behavior changes. Then we went right back to business as usual and actually increased emissions. So, can we do it? Absolutely. Are we going to? Absolutely not.
- rayiner 2y agoNo, the following year was 2019. The covid shutdowns were the year after that. Air pollution actually increases from 2019 to 2020.