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Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring
Researchers found satellite-measured pollution rose 24% to 33% after U.S. embassy reporting ended, with the biggest increases in cities lacking other monitors.
In 2025, the Trump administration ended a long-running program to collecting air pollution data at U.S. embassies. A new study suggests that led to a 24-33% increase in local pollution levels.
The example of the USA shows how one can harm oneself with the baldness of environmental monitoring. Now dozens of state servants also have to breathe dirty air, because foreign messages dismantled their measuring stations.