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Mining and connected problems belong to the main talking point of this region. Below the mountains on the Czech side, there are several large quarries of brown coal which influece the development of the surrounding landscape and local society. Since 1901 surface mining of brown coal progresses constantly towards the Ore Mountains and brings lots of problems for the region. Our main goal is to maintain the existing limits of coal-extraction, the final write-off of coal reserves and so ensuring to local residents security of living at the place that becomes their home. Breaking the limits would mean apart resettlement of local people even surely the construction of the fifth power plant in this area below the Ore mountains. This is associated with more pollution and degradation of ecological valuable space. | Mining and connected problems belong to the main talking point of this region. Below the mountains on the Czech side, there are several large quarries of brown coal which influece the development of the surrounding landscape and local society. Since 1901 surface mining of brown coal progresses constantly towards the Ore Mountains and brings lots of problems for the region. Our main goal is to maintain the existing limits of coal-extraction, the final write-off of coal reserves and so ensuring to local residents security of living at the place that becomes their home. Breaking the limits would mean apart resettlement of local people even surely the construction of the fifth power plant in this area below the Ore mountains. This is associated with more pollution and degradation of ecological valuable space. | ||
=== Air pollution === | === Air pollution === | ||
Air pollution around the Ore Mountains | |||
Air pollution around the Ore Mountains leads to very big health problems of the inhabitants and the environment. In the 1980s were 60% of the once most lushly forested landscapes disturbed as a result of S02, which was emised by the coal power plant. Today the emissions exceeded the health limits as well. The most problems today are immisions of SO2 and the particulate matter 2,5. The matter is so small that it’s able to penetrate deep in the organisms. Consequences are for example lower life expectancy, allergies, cancer, morbillity of children and lower birth weight. Even more problems came from even smaller particulate matters, but they are not measured. We urge the government to measure even this particulate matters. Furthermore, we want to proof the measurement of the air to get known if the real air pollution is measured in all important regions. Apart from that we urge measures against this air pollution to keep human beings and flora and fauna healthy. | |||
=== Health problems === | === Health problems === | ||