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RightousEnd t1_iu65cha wrote

Every once in a while, by consciousness, selfishness or coincidence, America does something good. (But honestly probably by mistake)

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czs5056 t1_iu6h0vr wrote

>You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else.

Winston Churchill

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LittleBadWitch t1_iu7z3q9 wrote

>You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else.

Winston Churchill never said this. The original quote is by Abba Eban and never mentioned America.

>Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources.
-Abba Eban

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teacher_comp t1_iu8bedu wrote

He did not. You are pushing Russian misinformation that Putin has hired bots to push via Fox News. That’s how your kind be.

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darkwoodframe t1_iu66ye4 wrote

We can always correct this agregious error by flooding guns into the effected cities, right?

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malthar76 t1_iu8hdsz wrote

Heard it here first - shoot at the sky to improve air quality. Take the smog! Pew pew!

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whatproblems t1_iu7qsr4 wrote

sometimes all you have to do is provide information or just an air quality number

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Disastrous_Dig_2798 t1_iu6ymca wrote

so like after the USA called out governments for their bad air quality they decided to clean the air so they couldn't be called out?

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Jackleme t1_iu7d9hd wrote

iirc they were putting out the information ostensibly for american citizens in that area to advise them of air quality.

It basically embarrassed the fuck out of the governments.

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daveescaped t1_iu8p3vy wrote

So wait, transparency is an important way to drive change within society? Huh? Who knew?

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Zanna-K t1_iu707dv wrote

More like ppl got access to the information, went "oh fuck maybe that's why my kid/cousin/parents/whatever has asthma and coughs all the time!", started sharing the info around their social networks, and locals started pressuring the local government

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boogerfact t1_iua3orv wrote

Yeah this isnt "accidental" as much as "intended".

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euph_22 t1_iu7o4m4 wrote

On the one hand, a win is a win. Cleaner air is great.

On the other, is there any data that shows the was a greater improvement in cities with monitors than those without? Of course if it is just a broader trend that everyone's air is getting better, that is even more reason to celebrate. It just means this particular relationship is pure coincidence.

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mfb- t1_iu87kno wrote

> is there any data that shows the was a greater improvement in cities with monitors than those without?

Yes, the article discusses that:

> To study this, they used satellite data to look at air pollution in 466 cities in 136 countries, of which 50 cities across 36 countries received the air-quality monitors by 2020. They looked at the air pollution in all of these cities in the years before and after the monitors were installed, using the years prior to installation and the cities that did not receive monitors as controls.

> [...] compared to their air quality before getting the monitor and to other similar cities that do not have a monitor.

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likeforreddit t1_iu7q0dv wrote

Tons of data is collected without monitors.

Trust me bro

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euph_22 t1_iu7vufc wrote

You can put an air quality monitor on a building that is not a US Embassy. You can even put them away from any building at all.

The data is out there, it's just not mentioned at all in the article.

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bilateralrope t1_iu9s1bz wrote

>You can put an air quality monitor on a building that is not a US Embassy.

Yes, you can.

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But it's also an issue of trust. Who can be trusted to release accurate data about air quality if the government of the country prefers to ignore the problem ?

Pressuring an embassy, especially a US embassy, to alter their data before releasing it will only attract more attention.

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GoldAndBlackRule t1_iu7eak5 wrote

Gee, when real data embarasses the politicians in power, they don't get to lie and spin like crazy.

Now do USA... there are a lot of politicians in the country that spin real whoppers of tall tales...

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FixingandDrinking t1_iu83isk wrote

Did we beat up china's bad air and send it to Russia?

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StillSundayDrunk t1_iu855m8 wrote

They have since apologized and committed to rectifying the situation

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Kamata22 t1_iu8l2ab wrote

*Unintentionally, they know they're using the wrong word for clickbait.

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fionnuisce t1_iu87elz wrote

I'd be interested to see the paper but it's paywalled! I'm skeptical

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OldWierdo t1_iu8i4ks wrote

US embassies publish the air quality in their cities for American expats living there. People all around the country have access to that same published information. In the cities the metrics were being published by the embassies and consulates, the local governments took steps to improve the air quality so they wouldn't be embarrassed. In cities where quality was not being published, they didn't. It's measurable, and it was measured.

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Durtly t1_iu8732m wrote

...Air quality improved while the whole world was reducing travel due to covid? No Shit?

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mfb- t1_iu87r9p wrote

Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article. They compared it to cities that didn't get such a system.

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