Find your local polluter
Citizens of the European Union can now find out about the amount of CO2 emissions produced by companies and industries in their local area. As Público explains they just have to "consult the new European pollutant release and transfer register (E-PRTR) and interactive map on the European Environment Agency website." The Madrid daily explains that the register tracks 91 pollutants (heavy metals, greenhouse gases, pesticides, dioxins, etc.) released to air land and water in Europe's 27 member states by 24,000 industrial facilities in 65 economic subsectors. The register has been made available in accordance with one of the obligations of the Aarhus Convention, which stipulates that the public must be given access to environmental information.
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports:
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations.
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima.