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ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners in Poland said today that a new “anti-smog” energy tariff was not enough to tackle the country’s awful air pollution.
Poland generates almost all of its electricity by burning coal and, over the winter, people often use coal or oil-fuelled heaters in their homes to keep warm.
The energy market regulator said it hoped people would instead adopt the new tariff, which is slightly cheaper than the two most popular plans, and switch to electricity heaters.
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
