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Salon: Last week, Paris and Beijing had one of those feuds that city-watchers love so much. (Such head-to-head battles, like great inter-urban sporting events, fuel the illusion that cities are singular, indivisible, cultural entities.) In this case, it was a race to the bottom: Observers noticed, during the five-day air quality crisis in Paris last week, that there was more particulate matter in the Parisian atmosphere than in Beijing.
This was true, for a moment, but the comparison soon backfired on......
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Welcome to the dead zone: Our planet’s greatest cities are facing major pollution crisis
Posted by Salon: Henry Grabar on March 23rd, 2014
Posted in Water Conservation