Monday, 4 September 2017

Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day

Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day

Air pollution levels have plunged in cities across Bolivia as the country marked a nationwide car-free day in which all non-emergency vehicles were banned from city streets. As Bolivia’s middle-class population has increased over the past 10 years so has the number of cars clogging city streets. The car-free event started 18 years ago in Cochabamba, one of Latin America’s five most polluted cities, and has gradually taken root across the country.

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