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Santiago, shrouded in smog
12:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile|Environment · Comments Off
29 May 2007
The Chilean capital of Santiago is yet again under an emergency alert for the levels of smog reached in the city. The above photo from Spain’s 20 Minutos shows the city almost invisible and covered by smog on May 24th. Yesterday the city government declared another emergency alert which took 600,000 cars off the road in an effort to bring down the smog levels. According to 20 Minutos, reports of bronchial obstructions and pneumonia in children and the elderly went up 30 percent on Monday.
Via / 20 Minutos
Santiago dangerously smoggy, Al Gore to the rescue
11:53 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|Chile|Environment · Comments Off
14 May 2007Last Friday, ex-vice president-cum-documentarian Al Gore
brought his “inconvenient truth” — that we are rapidly destroying the earth — to Santiago de Chile, where he spoke before a crowd of 1700 which included Chilean president Michelle Bachelet. It seems that the message could not have come at a better time, as Santiago mobilizes in the face of the highest smog levels since 1999:
On Saturday, the Particle Quality Index (ICAP) hit 409, well above the 300 that is required for the government to declare a pre-emergency. While levels had returned to normal by late Sunday, environmentalists are concerned that the capital’s new public transport system is not living up to its promises of safer, cleaner air for its residents.
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