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Climate Change Threatens Already Poor Air Quality in California’s Central Valley

Union of Concerned Scientists

Despite some improvements in air quality, climate change is complicating these efforts and exacerbating many drivers of pollution, threatening to worsen the Central Valley’s already poor air quality. During the large fire years of 2018-2020, Fresno experienced 51 high particle pollution days , up from 34 days for the period of 2017-2019. .