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Polish city more polluted than Beijing
▻https://www.ft.com/content/6712dd66-c91d-11e6-8f29-9445cac8966f

With a staggering 33 out of Europe’s 50 most polluted cities, according to a World Health Organisation report this year, Poland is the continent’s capital of smog. It regularly surpasses EU limits on pollution owing to a heavy reliance on coal and a lack of government action on green technology.

This month, a pollution tracking agency in Skala in the country’s south detected air pollutants of 979 micrograms (one millionth of a gram) per cubic metre of air, far exceeding Beijing’s 737 and almost 20 times higher than EU limits. Public transport in the capital Warsaw was also made free one day this month for the first time due to poor air quality.

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#pollution #air #Pologne #santé #cartographie

The Oil Market is Bigger Than All Metal Markets Combined
▻http://www.visualcapitalist.com/size-oil-market

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Big Oil
The oil market is bigger than all metal markets combined

The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays.

Ever since the invention of the internal combustion engine, oil has been one of the most crucial commodities on Earth. Without it, modern transportation as we know it would not be possible. Industries such as aviation, aerospace, automobiles, shipping, and the military would look nothing like they do today.

Of course, as we now know, this has all come with some extreme drawbacks from an environmental perspective. And while new green technology and the lithium revolution will aid in eventually reducing the role of oil in transportation, the fact is we still use 94 million barrels per day of crude worldwide.

#économie #pétrole #énergie #Matière_première #infographie #visualisation