Bad Takes: It's time for all of us to take potential environmental calamity seriously

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Elected officials, including those in San Antonio, must pay attention to the air quality and climate threats faced by their constituents.Editor's Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis.

Most of us spend 90% of our lives indoors, but sometimes stepping outside for fresh air isn't much healthier. On April 9, the Environmental Protection Agency "According to the EPA, the new rule will slash more than 6,000 tons of toxic air pollutants annually," Alejandra Martinez reported for the Texas Tribune.Wildfires also take a toll on our lungs.

Rising temperatures are as much a city problem as a rural one. Thanks to the urban heat island effect, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Dallas' Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainabilitytree-sparse neighborhoods covered in concrete where the temperature felt a full 10 degrees hotter than what the thermometer read.

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