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Chile declares environmental emergency over polluted Santiago air

2015-06-22 03:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Chilean authorities declared an environmental emergency for the Santiago metropolitan region for Monday, forcing more than 900 industries to temporarily shut down and about 40 percent of the capital's 1.7 million cars off the roads. "We're currently facing unusual conditions, with one of the driest Junes in over 40 years as well as really bad air circulation conditions in the Santiago valley in recent days, which boosts the concentration of contamination," the Environment Ministry said in a statement....

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