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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

burn them down before they destroy the biosphere.

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[–] grumpasaurusrex@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

I took a trip to Mumbai last year and immediately developed a cold after arriving. When I mentioned it to my friends I was there to see they said that's totally normal for people visiting just due to the air pollution. It's no joke.

And then imagine living in New Delhi where the air pollution is on average nearly 3x worse than Mumbai.

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