Smothered by Smog, Polish Cities Rank Among Europe’s Dirtiest

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Make Poland Kurwa Again !
Iam frankly surprised that Poland is still heavily into coal, and there is a strong health cost for all the coal usage. It seems to be crazy that the government is building air purifiers while its coal power plants belch out coal emissions.

On the other hand, Polands deep paranoia of Russia is probably not unjustified, probably all the countries boarding Russia end up like this. I dont think it should stop them from buying Russia gas. Russia needs euromonies and EU need Russias gas. With economies tied into each other another hot war is very unlikely without serious economic pain.

Burning coal is a part of daily life in Poland. As a result, the country has some of the most polluted air in the European Union, and 33 of its 50 dirtiest cities.

The problem is largely a result of the country’s love affair with coal

patriotic alternative to Russian gas in this country, which broke away from Soviet control three decades ago and remains deeply suspicious of its neighbor to the east. Burning coal is part of daily life.

Some 48,000 Poles are estimated to die annually from illnesses related to poor air quality. Greenpeace estimated that 62 percent of Poland’s kindergartens are in heavily polluted areas.

A 23-foot-tall air purifier in the Jordana Park in Krakow. Some 48,000 Poles are estimated to die annually from illnesses related to poor air quality

In Belchatow, Poland maintains Europe’s largest coal-fired utility plant, at the edge of a coal mine eight miles long and two miles wide.

It shows no signs of slowing, and continues to belch out carbon at an astounding rate. It the largest carbon emitter in Europe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/world/europe/poland-pollution.html