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Report: LA has most polluted air in U.S. despite 6% decrease in 2021
Candidates on LA June primary ballot finalized by City Clerk’s Office
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os Angeles has the most polluted air out of more than 2,400 U.S. cities analyzed in a report released Tuesday by an air-quality monitoring firm, despite the city showing 6% pollution decrease in 2021 compared to the previous year. Air pollution globally degraded to unhealthy levels in 2021, according to the report by IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality and markets airpurification systems. The report found that pollution in every country, and in 97% of cities, exceeded the World Health Organization's air quality guidelines. "It is a shocking fact that no major city or country is providing safe and healthy air to their citizens according to the latest World Health Organization air quality guidelines," Frank Hammes, CEO of IQAir, said in a statement. "This report underscores just how much work remains to be done to
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ensure that everyone has safe, clean and healthy air to breathe. The time for action is now." According to the report, the five most polluted countries in 2021 were Bangladesh, Chad, Pakistan, Tajikistan and India. The United States ranked 90th on the list. The report noted that
"Solutions to air pollution are also solutions to the climate crisis. Breathing clean air should be a basic human right, not a privilege." - Avinash Chanchal
U.S. air quality has generally improved over the past 50 years, fine-particle pollution actually increased nationally by 7% between 2020 and 2021. "The country's reliance on fossil fuels, increasing severity of wildfires as well as varying enforcement
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of the Clean Air Act from administration to administration have all added to U.S. air pollution," according to the report. "Nationwide, 264 million people lived in areas where pollution levels were above the WHO annual guideline for PM2.5 concentrations in 2021." The report found that worldwide, only 222 cities of the 6,475 analyzed met
the WHO standards for fine-particle pollution. The French territory of New Caledonia, and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands met the guidelines. "We understand better than ever before how air pollution damages our health and economies," See Polluted air Page 3
he field of Los Angeles elected office candidates who will appear on the June primary ballot has been finalized by the Los Angeles City Clerk. Candidates seeking elected office in Los Angeles had to submit nominating petitions with a sufficient number of signatures in order to appear on the ballot. Each candidate for mayor, city attorney, controller and City Council seats were required to submit petitions with at least 500 valid signatures. Those submitting at least 1,000 valid signatures avoided paying a $300 filing fee. Those who qualified for the mayoral ballot include the five most prominent candidates: Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles; City Councilmen Joe Buscaino and Kevin de León; City Attorney Mike Feuer; and real estate developer Rick Caruso. Other candidates who will appear on the ballot are real estate agent and former Metro board member
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Mel Wilson, entrepreneur Ramit Varma, self- described business owner John "Jsamuel" Jackson, community activist Gina Viola, Echo Park Neighborhood Council member Alex Gruenenfelder Smith, businessman Craig Greiwe and lawyer Andrew Kim Those who have qualified for the ballot in the city attorney race are Deputy City Attorney Richard Kim; California Democratic Party Treasurer Teddy Kapur; civil rights attorney Faisal M. Gill, who previously served as policy director for the Department of Homeland Security; former radio host and former president of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works Kevin James; federal prosecutor Marina Torres; financial law attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto; and Deputy City Attorney Sherri Onica Valle Cole. Controller candidates who have qualified are City Councilman Paul Koretz; certified public accountant and housing justice advocate Kenneth Mejia; self-described public school teacher J. Carolan O'Gabhann; City Attorney's Office spokesman Rob Wilcox; self-described chief financial officer David Vahedi; CFO and Assistant Director of the Department See Primary ballot Page 3