Bulgaria chokes on air pollution fuelled by poverty
by Vessela Sergueva

Agence France-Presse    Translate This Article
22 February 2014

On 22 February 2014 Agence France-Presse reported: A recent study by the European Environment Agency (EAA) found that Bulgaria, the EU's poorest nation, has four of the five most polluted cities in the bloc. Experts say old cars and chronic traffic jams are to blame, made worse by the capital's location in a lowland surrounded by mountains. Out of the 250,000 cars bought in 2013, only 20,000 were new, says Lyubomir Dorosiev, head of a used car dealer association. 'We have become Europe's vehicle cemetery since car catalytic converters are obligatory in developed countries. Experts say old cars and chronic traffic jams are to blame, made worse by the capital's location in a lowland surrounded by mountains. Out of the 250,000 cars bought in 2013, only 20,000 were new, says Lyubomir Dorosiev, head of a used car dealer association. 'We have become Europe's vehicle cemetery since car catalytic converters are obligatory in developed countries. But the culprit for more than half of this small Black Sea nation's air pollution -- 58 per cent -- is smoke emanating from home stoves, according to Bulgaria's environment protection agency. And grinding poverty -- especially in the smaller towns -- has driven up the share of people burning wood, coal, and all kinds of waste to ward off the chilly east Balkan winters. Global Good News service views this news as the failure of modern government systems. Such 'flops' highlight the need for more intelligent, evolutionary, Natural Law based, life-supporting systems.

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