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Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring

NPR News 15 Sept 2026 1 views

In 2025, the Trump administration ended a long-running program to collecting air pollution data at U.S. embassies. A new study suggests that led to a 24-33% increase in local pollution levels.

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