"East Coast Air Quality Worsens, Highlighting Urgency of Climate Change Action"
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The National Weather Service and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection have issued a Code Red for air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires that arrived on Tuesday and will continue to overspread the region. Air pollution concentrations within the region are unhealthy, and people with sensitive conditions may experience more serious health effects. Many counties and communities throughout the region have enacted burn bans due to the threat of wildfires.
- National Weather Service, DEP issues Code Red for Pennsylvania Air Quality ABC27
- When will air quality improve on the East Coast? CBS News
- Alexandria advises locals to ‘limit their time outside’ due to smoke ALXnow
- Canada wildfires: Why the smoke is impacting Philadelphia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Delaware? When will it go away? WPVI-TV
- There’s a bleak message written in Philly’s haze: climate change is at our doorstep | Editorial The Philadelphia Inquirer
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