Indian Capital Declares Emergency as Toxic Smog Thickens By the Hour (reuters.com)

New Delhi, the Indian capital declared a pollution emergency on Thursday as toxic smog hung over the city for a third day and air quality worsened by the hour. From a report: Illegal crop burning in the farm states surrounding New Delhi, vehicle exhaust emissions in a city with limited public transport and swirling construction dust have caused the crisis, which arises every year. The problem has been compounded this year by still conditions, the weather office said. A U.S. embassy measure of tiny particulate matter PM 2.5 showed a reading of 608 at 10 a.m. when the safe limit is 25. An hour before it was 591.

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All teary-eyed for them.

[Seven Spirals]

All those poor street-shitting urchins and train rapists. Maybe we should give them some more H1B jobs to make it all better?

Stop stupid stupid

[plopez]

India, China, and other advancing nations had a prefect opportunity to learn from the mistakes the west made in terms of health, safety, and environmental damage. They threw that opportunity away. Stupid.