Countdown to Europe
In the fourteen years since the fall of communism the Czech Republic has made great efforts to repair the damage caused by decades of environmental neglect. With the installation of de-sulphurization equipment at all industrial facilities, the state of the air we breathe has significantly improved. Strict new laws and regulations have reduced the pollution of rivers and soil to such an extent that rare species of wild life have returned to their one-time habitats. A great deal still needs to be done and Czechs need to become more environment conscious on a day to day basis, but even now one can say that the country has overcome the biggest hurdles on the road to becoming an environment friendly member of the European community. The country is due to join the EU on May 1st and we asked Jakub Kaspar of the Czech Environment Ministry what remains to be done in the coming weeks.
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