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America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.

Headline from KVIA El Paso

Across much of the U.S., people have little way to know when the air they breathe turns dangerous. Over recent decades, federal funding for public air monitoring has declined, the number of monitors has fallen, and much of the remaining equipment is aging or located far from major polluters.

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    America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters. (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    Across much of the U.S., people have little way to know when the air they breathe turns dangerous. Over recent decades, federal funding for public air monitoring has declined, the number of monitors has fallen, and much of the remaining equipment is aging or located far from major polluters.

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