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Current AffairsTowns get new powers in fighting air pollution
The lower house of parliament on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill
which will provide local administrations with the means to fight air
pollution more effectively. In the event of a smog alert mayors can order
the biggest pollutants to scale down production, ban high-emissions cars
from city centres and scrap toll on ring roads in order to reduce the
amount of traffic. Town mayors and environment activists had long been
pushing for the amendment and Radio Prague asked Vojtěch Kotecký from
Friends of the Earth how effective he thinks it will be in practice. More
Current AffairsCzech meteorologists allay fears of Arctic winter
In recent days Italian and Polish forecasters have released reports
suggesting that this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the
last 1,000 years. The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the
Gulf Stream which has allegedly slowed down in connection with the oil
spill off the coast of Florida. Some scientists claim the stream will not
be able to compensate the cold from Arctic winds –and according to their
theory as the Gulf Stream wanes and eventually disappears Europe will have
to brace for Arctic winters. Czech meteorologist Jan Pretel says this is
utter nonsense: More
Current AffairsKlaus criticises UN, charges it needs to stay out of economics, science
The outspoken Czech President Václav Klaus raised more than a few eyebrows
at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York when he suggested in his
address on Saturday what was needed was not an increased role for the
organisation in global governance. While he agreed some reforms were
necessary - namely to the Security Council – he made clear that the UN
needed to adhere more closely to its founding principles.
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