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For Some, Shipping Bottleneck Presages a Polluted Holiday Season

This story was originally published by Nexus Media News, a nonprofit news service covering climate change. To describe the pollution in his neighborhood, Christopher Chavez appeals to the senses: “There are the days where you can see it, and then, there are the days you can smell it.” The 34-year-old West Long Beach native and environmental activist struggles to describe the acrid scent of exhaust fumes before concluding it smells like “port.” Lately, he says, “you can see puffs of black smoke coming from the ships constantly.

 

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