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Collected Item: “Why COVID-19 will end up harming the environment”

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Why COVID-19 will end up harming the environment

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text story

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This article warns that COVID will only offer a brief respite from environmental problems like air pollution. Post-COVID, we may see even worse pollution and accelerated climate change.

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Environment, COVID-19, air, pollution, coal, China, Brazil, Amazon, deforestation, climate change, logging, traffic

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-covid-19-will-end-up-harming-the-environment

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Beth Gardiner, National Geographic

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2020-06-18
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