New York's Climate Emergency

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Measured by overall pollution, New York usually ranks in the middle of global cities on the air quality index. But at one point this week, it fell to the worst of any big city in the world. People far beyond New York have been told to stay indoors. 13 states in the east of the US have issued air quality alerts.

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