Just a quick video of a drive through our neighborhood - this is the main road that leads into city center, we were on our way home and saw some people burning who-knows-what in their backyard
I just happened to pick up our Guide To Krakow and saw this blurb in it about pollution:
The problem of pollution in Krakow was at the top of the local agenda until the late 1980's. The emissions from industrial plants constructed after WWII, of which the Sendzimir Steelworks were the largest, systemically polluted the city. Coal stoves used in heating the old tenement houses in the centre, as well as Krakow's location in a valley, added to the problem. By the 1970's pollution had damaged the gilt dome of the Zygmunt Chapel in the Cathedral. Along with the collapse of Communism, heavy industry fell into decline. New technologies, more concerned with the environment, were introduced. Industrial chimneys were equipped with filters. Thanks to the efforts of George Bush, special funds were designated by the government of the US to help reduce the low-level pollution caused by domestic stoves. Coal has been replaced by an electric heating system, Coal containing a high level of sulphur is no longer in used. The air is monitored for chemical pollution and information about its current level is displayed electronically above the entrance to 22 Market Square.
Good old George Bush! Nina
ReplyDeletegeorge w, my hero! neighborhood looks beautiful
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