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‘An invisible killer’: Beijing cleaned up its toxic air. Why can’t New Delhi? | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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More than 20 million people woke last week to a thick, acrid, and noxious smog that settled densely across the Indian capital.

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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 4 points 2 years ago

As far as I understamd they just moved the factories and cole power plants further away from Bejing.

[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Emissions standards were enforced on coal power plants, cars were tightly regulated, and home energy was pushed towards gas (which burns with less particulate emissions) or electricity.

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