U.S. Air Quality Declines
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Nearly half of Americans live in places with failing grades for air pollution, report says

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156 million people live in areas with unhealthy air quality that earned " F " grades from the American Lung Association .
The report shows how the effects of climate change are driving changes in air quality across the country.
In 2023 , the last year of the lung association’s analysis, global temperatures were the hottest recorded to date.
Bakersfield , California , had the most polluted air in the country from 2021-2023 .
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