Students must contribute to our class blog at least 6 times to summarize and comment on a news story of their choice which relates to one of the core countries or a AP Comparative Government and Politics theme. Students are encouraged to use news stories from National Public Radio, the BBC, the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Economist. These assignments will go into the homework category.
Monday, February 13, 2017
Car ban fails to curb air pollution in Mexico City
The article is about Mexico "car ban" policy, instituted to limit the amount of pollution put into the air by vehicles. Despite the policy's name, it is not an ban on cars so much as it is a restriction of the times in which citizens and corporations can operate their vehicles. When the car ban policy was first proposed and instituted scientists had predicted that vehicle emissions would be reduced by 15%, just by limiting driving throughout the weekend. Unfortunately, new information has shown that the ban has done nothing to reduce air pollutants, or the rate at which they are being put into the air.
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