Study: Climate-driven wildfires reversing clean air progress in the US and Canada

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Latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) warns of 'growing trend' of wildfires increasing particulate pollution across North America

The United States and Canada suffered the largest increase in air pollution globally in 2023, fuelled by the worst wildfire season in Canada's history, according to new data from the Air Quality Life Index...

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