Don’t Look Up shows that simply bashing people over the head with facts does not work, and this is true also in the real world. That’s why so many scientists and climate activists get so frustrated seeing that people turn away their heads when they try to explain them the dangers to our very ownContinue reading “CleanAirinGreece thoughts on “Don’t Look Up” movie”
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We all live downwind – Winter Air Quality in Greece
If you pay attention, in the image above you can see a village hidden within a thick layer of smoke. This is one of the many villages of the fertile Messenian plain north of Kalamata, home to hundreds of thousands of olive trees that produce one of the best olive oils of Greece, as wellContinue reading “We all live downwind – Winter Air Quality in Greece”
(CleanAir) Wishes for 2022
I wish I hadn’t seen “Don’t look up”. I can’t stop seeing in my head over and over the scenes with Dr. Mindy (Leonardo di Caprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) freaking out in front of the camera because of the total indifference of the journalists (and politicians and entire human population) at the factsContinue reading “(CleanAir) Wishes for 2022”
Wood smoke accounts for almost half of the annual carcinogenic potential of Athens’ Air Pollution: study
Wood smoke engulfs the Acropolis, a wood smoke that is killing Athens’ citizens, as scientists from our very own city just showed in a new, revealing study. But no one listens, surely not in Athens nor in Greece in general, and this is the problem. Authorities over here (but allover the world too, actually) areContinue reading “Wood smoke accounts for almost half of the annual carcinogenic potential of Athens’ Air Pollution: study”
The health price of Air Pollution in Greece: in 2019 as many people as the whole city of Nafpaktos died because of the toxic air we must breathe in the country
More than 13,300 people (a town the size of Nafpaktos) died as a result of long-term exposure to air pollution in Greece in 2019, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its annual briefing on the health impacts of the problem in Europe last Monday. See an article by Giorgos Lialios on the Greek newspaperContinue reading “The health price of Air Pollution in Greece: in 2019 as many people as the whole city of Nafpaktos died because of the toxic air we must breathe in the country”
Agis Emmanouil’s 2421km Climate Run – Air Quality Full Results
Now that Agis has finally reached his destination at the COP26 Conference in Glasgow, we can get a full look at the Air Quality he found all along his incredible 2421KM Climate Run. Air Pollution is nowadays recognized as one of the most serious threats to people’s and the environment’s health. Nine people in tenContinue reading “Agis Emmanouil’s 2421km Climate Run – Air Quality Full Results”
Interview to Prof D. Sarigiannis about the dangers of Air Pollution, especially from wood smoke, and about its alarming increase in Greece
The huge raise in the electricity (50%), natural gas (82%) and heating oil (30%) costs starting this month is big news in Greece these days. How will Greek citizens be able to afford these extra costs, when these commodities are already among the most expensive in the EU? They simply won’t, and they will turnContinue reading “Interview to Prof D. Sarigiannis about the dangers of Air Pollution, especially from wood smoke, and about its alarming increase in Greece”
Frequently Asked Questions On Air Pollution
All the questions you’ve ever had on this deadly form of Pollution, answered by scientists all in one place. Thanks to http://www.cleanairblueskies.org. The featured image with the Acropolis shows a plume of smoke over Athens from this summer devastating wildfires.
“A Code Red For Humanity”, the new 2021 IPCC Climate Report
Yesterday came out the new climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the UN. It is described as “A code red for humanity”. The report has warned that major changes due to global heating are inevitable and irreversible with devastating consequences for all life on Earth. We are now at +1,2°CContinue reading ““A Code Red For Humanity”, the new 2021 IPCC Climate Report”
A few words on the newly proposed EU climate action and European Green Deal
On 14 July 2021, the European Commission adopted a series of legislative proposals setting out how it intends to achieve climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, including the intermediate target of an at least 55% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The package proposes to revise several pieces of EU climate legislation, including the EU ETS,Continue reading “A few words on the newly proposed EU climate action and European Green Deal”
CleanAir in Greece 