Why is the US locking down for climate change? September 27, 2023

Smoke from wildfires obscures a cityscape

Brita Lundberg, MD | CommonWealth Beacon

Our children aren’t playing outside because it’s 118 degrees Fahrenheit or there is fire at the door or they can’t breathe due to air pollution or wildfire smoke. In Hawaii last month and across the Northeast and the midwest last summer, wildfires led to involuntary lockdowns.

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