Thread by @Green_Europe

🏅#Olympics and #Paralympics' athletes were not the only ones pushing boundaries this summer: when it comes to curbing toxic emissions, governments have engaged in a race to the bottom
👎Here's our ranking of the worst performances at the dirtiest of games
meta.eeb.org/2021/09/16/coa…

🇪🇺 standards set emission ranges for the most toxic pollutants, but too often governments allow coal giants to:

👟jump over pollution limits
👟abuse of exceptions
👟avoid abatement to save money - while people and nature foot the bill

🥇🇨🇿🥈🇧🇬🥉🇲🇹 🇸🇮👇
eeb.org/four-years-of-…

Coal plants are a massive source of toxic mercury, but too many countries allow operators to jump mercury limits hurdles set by the 🇪🇺

Of the 10 worst European plants in terms of mercury emissions:
🥇4 are in 🇨🇿
🥈3 are in 🇩🇪
🥉2 are in 🇬🇷
All data here👉eipie.eu/projects/ipdv

🛶Governments and operators slalom through transparency obligations with coalympic agility!

🥇🇩🇪 is the worst country for disclosing industrial pollution information, with no data available for the last three years, followed by🥈🇵🇱 and🥉🇦🇹🇭🇺🇳🇱.

👉meta.eeb.org/2020/09/10/eur…

🥇🇩🇪🥈🇵🇱🥉🇨🇿 are on the podium for 🏋️ health cost lifting, scoring the highest avoidable health cost since the agreement of 🇪🇺 industrial pollution standards.

The most toxic 10 coal companies in Europe are also based in these 3 countries.
👉beyond-coal.eu/last-gasp/ @EurBeyondCoal

🏃Profiting from governments' inaction, unathletic operators have engaged in their own race to the bottom:

🥇🇵🇱@Grupa_PGE
🥈🇩🇪@RWE_AG
🥉🇪🇸 @Endesa
have spewed an exceptional amount of harmful emissions into our air, water and soil.

Check the data here👉eipie.eu/projects/ipdv