Coal Makes Comeback in Europe as Russia-Ukraine War Drags On
A combination of burning coal for residential heating and industrial plants resulted in “catastrophic” air pollution at the end of the communist era in 1989, said Petr Jančík from Technical University Ostrava, an air pollution expert who cooperated on the Air Tritia project that recently produced an online model of the polluted air on the Czech-Polish-Slovak border.
A 2021 study of more than 800 European cities by Spain’s Barcelona Institute for Global Health, or ISGlobal, puts the regional capital of Ostrava and the nearby towns of Karviná and Havířov among the top 10 most polluted European cities. It estimated that 529 deaths a year could be avoided in those three cities if air quality guidelines are met.
“I’m afraid this winter won’t be ideal as far the air pollution is concerned,” she said. “I’ll be delighted if I’m wrong.” As we get closer to the November elections, climate change is becoming a leading issue on the ballot. From California heatwaves to Jackson, Mississippi's water crisis, the U.S. has experienced a lot of climate-related disasters. Bill Nye, host and executive producer of "The End is Nye," joins LX News to answer some popular questions people have asked online about climate change.
In another sign of coal's revival, the Czech Republic has reversed plans to completely halt mining near Ostrava to help safeguard power supplies amid the energy crunch.
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