Pollution-choked Paris introduces emergency traffic measures

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Source: AFP

Paris (AFP) - Paris authorities have requested emergency traffic-limiting measures to be put in place on Friday, as the City of Light and much of northern France suffers from a choking smog.

City mayor Anne Hidalgo asked national authorities to stop one in every two cars entering the capital and make all public transport free for a day in a bid to drive down pollution.

These emergency measures were last implemented almost exactly a year ago -- on March 17 -- during a particularly bad spike in the pollution levels.

On Wednesday, the concentration of potentially dangerous particulates in the air went over the recommended maximum, pressing authorities into action.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/pollution-choked-paris-introduces-emergency-traffic-measures-140948612.html

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1. its a start

There won't be great cities if we do nothing .

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2. A prime example of the greater problem

Too many humans.

You can continue to build apartment buildings taller and taller, even make them skyscrapers in every city and small town all over the globe and you can get 50% of the population to take public transportation, but tomorrow's pollution problem will continue to get worse for the very simple reason that there will be more humans. We know this.

Address the problem.

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3. Typical Telegraph headline: "Solar eclipse could be blocked out by French smog"

The solar eclipse could be blocked out by a combination of low cloud and air pollution crossing the English Channel from France, experts have warned.

Much of the UK is expected to be blanketed in cloud when the Moon passes in front of the Sun at around 8.30am on Friday morning.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11482449/Solar-eclipse-could-be-blocked-out-by-French-smog.html