The report, 'Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe', provides a list of the individual facilities that contribute the most harm.
"Our analysis reveals the high cost caused by pollution from power stations and other large industrial plants," Professor Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive Director, said.
"The estimated costs are calculated using the emissions reported by the facilities themselves. By using existing tools employed by policy-makers to estimate harm to health and the environment, we revealed some of the hidden costs of pollution. We cannot afford to ignore these issues", added Professor McGlade.
The industrial facilities covered by the analysis include large power plants, refineries, manufacturing combustion and industrial processes, waste and certain agricultural activities. Emissions from power plants contributed the largest share of the damage costs (estimated at €66–112 billion). Other significant contributions to the overall damage costs came from production processes (€23–28 billion) and manufacturing combustion (€8–21 billion). Sectors excluded from the EEA analysis include transport, households and most agicultural activities – if these were included the cost of pollution would be even higher.
Το πιο ενδιαφέρον έχει η διερεύνηση των εισφορών της κάθε χώρας σε αυτή τη ρύπανση αλλά και των μεμονομένων εργοστασίων. Δείτε το και δε θα χάσετε. Θα έπρεπε να διδασκόμαστε και ένα μάθημα ενεργειακής πολιτικής στη Σχολή...!
