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Pollution in Greece Dropped During Financial Crisis

Mila Luleva — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:39:40 +0000

The Greek economic crisis has been a widely discussed topic and has affected quite a few economies worldwide over the past few years. But looking on the bright side of the situation, the crisis has also led to a huge reduction in air pollution over Greek cities. A study conducted by Mihalis Vrekoussis of the […]

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Report Suggests 2009 Financial Crisis Didn't Lower Pollution

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:36:17 +0000

A paper published recently in Nature Climate Change reveals that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has not yielded a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, as did the other crises, like the oil-related ones in 1973 and 1979. Instead, the emissions kept growing because of developing countries like China and India, on whom the crisis did […]

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