Bill Cummings

Since factories and stores closed, people began working at home and everyone self isolated, air pollution has dropped significantly in the Northeast and across the globe — from the Himalayan Mountains to the Green Mountains of Vermont. The skies over Los Angeles are visibly clearer and smog is down 40 percent. New York City has seen a 22 percent reduction. “People have banded together and decided a communal response to COVID was warranted,” said Curt Johnson, president of New Haven-based Save th…