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Topic: Wildfire Smoke

A CalFire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) firefighter seen silhouetted against the raging flames. CalFire firefighters take on the Rabbit Fire that is currently taking over Moreno Valley, California on July 14, 2023. (Jon Putman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke erasing air quality gains

Nicole Karlis
A park in Stockholm, Sweden at evening time (Getty Images/Yelizaveta Tomashevska)

We need more parks, not air pollution

Jackie Ostfeld
People wearing masks walk along the Hudson River as smoke shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center as the sun rises in New York City on June 8, 2023. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Failure in New York's air quality crisis

Lylla Younes - Grist
Embers fall around a photographer as the Creek Fire rapidly expands on September 8, 2020 near Shaver Lake, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke is a serious health risk

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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Mark Marston slides a MERV 13 air filtration filter back into the HVAC system outside of this gym Basics Fitness Center on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

DIY culture comes for air purifiers

Nicole Karlis
The wildfire spreads on August 19, 2020 in San Mateo, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

Wildfires, coronavirus collide in Cali

Nicole Karlis
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