Speaking (again) of COVID-19 ...

... has anyone noted the reduction in air pollution since COVID-19 began impacting peoples' lives?

FAIR has noted this, and the establishment media's talking points - https://fair.org/home/as-covid-19-forces-emission-reductions-media-offer-oil-industry-elegies/

Also last week, for the first time in history, the price of oil fell to below zero as suppliers were willing to pay to have it taken off their hands. The oil market collapse, of course, is caused by the same public health measures that have helped the planet heal: Demand for oil has plummeted. In environmental terms, falling demand for oil is the best news since…well, let’s just say long before sliced bread.

Conversely, it has never been clearer that demand for oil = bad news for the planet and its inhabitants. To put this in perspective: Covid-19 has killed 200,000+ to date; air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people annually.

But if you’re looking for corporate media to celebrate the good news of the drop in demand for oil, you will be disappointed. Heck, you won’t even find an acknowledgement of the tradeoffs of oil demand and planetary health in last week’s breathless coverage of the unprecedented market collapse. And forget any analysis about the possibilities of directing government aid to conversion to renewable energy sources.