Air pollution

The United Nations says curbing climate change will have huge benefits for people's health worldwide, reports AP. 

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that meeting the 2015 Paris accord's goals would significantly cut global air pollution, saving a million lives each year by 2050.

56 percent of Bulgarians believe that lower electricity prices will stop air pollution. This shows a sociological survey by AFIS conducted between 30 November and 4 December 2018 among 1010 adult Bulgarians.

More than one-third of the country's inhabitants feel worsening in the air quality in the settlement they live in. 

A protest is being organized on social networks because of the dirty air in the capital. Its beginning is announced for 12:30 today, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

Even today, the measures of Sofia Municipality against the dirty air remain in force, except the green ticket. According to the municipality's website, the level of fine particulate matter is within the norm, reports Darik. 
 
Inspections of vehicles that visibly pollute the air and unregulated waste incineration continue.

On December 4, Sofia citizens will be traveling by public transport with a special "green ticket" for BGN 1, the Sofia Municipality announced. It is valid all day for all lines.

Big cities in Bulgaria remain in the grip of the dirty air in the next few days, NOVA said.

Lack of wind and the keeping of cold air low above the ground are the reason why we will breathe poisons. According to the European Commission's "Air Quality Index" this morning, the fine particulate matter (PM10) concentration is above the norm in almost every major city.

Forecast of dangerously polluted air in Sofia Municipality.

Exceeding the norm of fine particulate matter is today and tomorrow. According to the site of the municipality, the most dirty is the air over the districts "Druzhba", "Hipodruma" and "Nadezhda".

The Ministry of Environment and Water accepts suggestions on the national air quality programme until December 5, then it will be adopted as a government document, Minister Neno Dimov told a public discussion on the draft, a Focus News Agency reporter said.

Euronews is further reporting that pollution in that country is "spiking ten times over recommended levels."

FYR Macedonia has been ranked Europe's most polluted country with pollution spiking ten times over recommended levels. That's according to the European Environment Agency. Heavy traffic and the use of heating stoves are causing an increase in dangerous air and sending more and more people to the doctors.