1-4-2014
IPCC experts warn: we are ill-prepared for climate change impacts, the poorest will suffer most
On the 31st of March 2014 the second part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fifth Assessment Report was released. ‘A changing climate creates pervasive risks but opportunities exist for effective responses’ write the authors. Read more »
20-3-2014
AVAAZ Poll reveals – Polish citizens for renewable energy
88% of Polish citizens think that in order to become independent from Russian gas, Poland needs to develop its own sources of renewable energy. More than 2/3 of the respondents perceive climate change as grave threat to them and their children – reveals the public opinion poll commissioned by a global civic organization AVAAZ. Read more »
7-3-2014
No financing for Elektrownia Północ
According to wnp.pl nobody knows yet who Elektrownia Północ is going to be financed by. Though the investment process started almost five years ago, and the investor keeps claiming that the ongoing problems of the investment are insignificant, it seems that Elektrownia Północ still has no financing. Read more »
6-2-2014
Victory for fish at Polnoc power plant
Poland’s General Director of Environmental Protection (GDOS) has ruled that an investment in the construction of Poland’s “North” (“Polnoc”)power plant would jeopardize species of fish found in the lower reaches of the Vistula River. The General Director agreed with environmental and nature protection NGOs and affirmed partial invalidity of the plant’s environmental impact assessment permit (EIA). Read more »
31-1-2014
More than 3000 people support StopEP on 350.org
More than 3000 people have signed the Stop Elektrowni Północ petition on the 350.org campaign platform. Together with 350.org we appeal to the investor that he withdrew from building the Elektrownia Północ coal power plant. Read more »
Are coal power plants dangerous to homan health?
According to estimations done by the HEAL organization, about half a million people in Europe die due to air pollution every year. Annually they cause aprox. 3000 premature deaths in Poland. Coal plants have their share in four of the five most common causes of death, that is, cancer in general, lung cancer, respiratory diseases, and circulatory system diseases. Children and elderly persons are especially vulnerable. A coal plant may emit pollution at a high altitude; while this reduces the threat to people living in the vicinity of the plant, it also transports the pollution to other areas, as far away as 500 km. Health experts estimated that air pollution from the Północ power plant could kill approx. 469 people and cause the loss of 5000 years of living and 470 000 workdays. The financial costs of health loss stemming from the pollution caused by the power plant during its 35 years of operation have been estimated at 363 – 1,107 billion Euro.