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When Self-Protection Contributes to Collective Problems

I feel guilty using air conditioning during wildfire season because it increases emissions while I am trying to escape the consequences of climate change.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The moral tension between individual survival and collective responsibility becomes acute when personal safety measures worsen shared problems.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Air quality and respiratory environment?”

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