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⭐ Pulitzer Prize worthy stories on Air Pollution

#35・ Jan 3, 2019

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Handpicked stories for people who care about clean air.

👋 Hello again!

Happy New Year! I hope 2019 is off to a joyful start for you. In this issue of Oxygen Mag I wanted to share a few recent examples of exceptional journalism on air pollution. You don’t want to miss these stories.

But first… are you on Whatsapp? Of course you are. Guess what? Smokey, the friendly air quality chatbot, lives on Whatsapp too, thanks to a collaborative effort with Help Delhi Breathe. Now you can send Smokey a Whatsapp message with an Indian city and you’ll get a beautifully-designed air quality report within seconds. Try it out.

🔥 Smokey on Whatsapp: +91-96-5453-8415.

Handpicked Stories For You 🙌

🙏 Palette of Pollution

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A Reuters analysis of air quality across New Delhi from October and November shows the impact of temperature and wind speed on pollution levels. Stop what you were planning to do next and take 5 minutes to read this story. This. Is. Journalism.

😢 The Human Cost of Delhi's Quick-Fix Pollution Control Measures

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Thousands of workers, mostly migrants, have been going hungry because of what they call “environmental injustice.” GREAT REPORTING by Akhil Kumar.

💸 How Pollution Can Hurt the Health of the Economy

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Did you know know about the study published last year that looked at the level of pollution experienced by children born in each year between 1969 and 1974, and also their earnings 30 or more years later? I didn’t. MUST READ by Austin Frakt.

🚗 Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

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Extremely important story for everyone working on air pollution in Asia – media has a massive bias for talking about private cars as the source of air pollution, while in reality they play a fairly small role in the problem in much of Asia. Tweets by Lauri Myllyvitra.

🤢 Dirty air: how India became the most polluted country on earth

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Exceptional data visualization and story telling by FT on air pollution in India and around the world. I love it when publications take the time to tell a cohesive story around air pollution. Click this if you run into FT’s paywall.

🇮🇳 India’s pollution levels are some of the highest in the world. Here’s why.

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Soot, dust, ozone, and sulfur oxides are a growing threat for billions of people around the world. The World Health Organization reported this week that 93 percent of all children in the world breathe air with pollution levels that exceed their guidelines. OUCH.

A Note From Smokey's Nest 🌲

👋 Oh hey! If you’re still reading this, please reply and say hello. I’d love to hear from you about what you’re working on and how I can help. Reading and replying to your emails is my favorite part of running Oxygen Mag.

Until next time,

-Amrit Sharma 😷

Founder, AirAirAir and Smokey

http://twitter.com/amrit_sharma

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