Wildfire Smoke Prompts Heath Warnings, Calls for Climate Action

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% :In response, the organization urged faster action to end the use of coal in power plants and end investment in methane gas plants, oil pipelines and other forms of fossil fuel infrastructure; increase funding for public transit and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and support policies to encourage more renewable energy development, including large-scale wind and solar development as well as rooftop and community solar power.
51% : The pollution can get embedded in the lungs and sometimes the bloodstream, aggravating asthma and lung and heart disease, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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