{
  "id": 746664,
  "title": "The commute that pollutes: How Ghana’s poor urban cities are sickening millions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-commute-that-pollutes-how-ghanas-poor-urban-cities-are-sickening",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T07:38:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/the-commute-that-pollutes-how-ghanas-poor-urban-cities-are-sickening-millions/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Every weekday morning in Ghana’s largest cities, the same ritual unfolds: even before the sun has risen, one side of the motorway fills as commuters, who live mostly on the outskirts of the cities, pile into vehicles that crawl toward ministries, hospitals, universities, courts and commercial centres clustered in the city’s core. By mid-morning, thousands … The post The commute that pollutes: How…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Joy Sustainability Month: Poor maintenance pushes Ghana’s road ratings from fair to poor – Ghana Institution of Engineering",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/joy-sustainability-month-poor-maintenance-pushes-ghanas-road-ratings",
        "published": "2026-08-13T11:07:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}