In its Clean Cities report for 2007, the American Lung Association named Indianapolis the ninth most polluted metro area in the United States and Marion the 11th most polluted county.
Indianapolis is the 13th largest city in America and, as the urban home to roughly 1 million people, it makes sense that a city and population of this size would generate some pollution.
But our city’s air pollution problems, caused in large part by our state’s air pollution problems, are disproportionately harming our economy, our health and our natural environment. They are also a direct result of competing political agendas and interests between state and city governments, as well as our own bad habits.
Another reason for mass transit, light rail? Another problem from our continuing over reliance upon manufacturing?
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