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PHOTOEight out of ten cities pay a tax on smog; In fact, 85% are below the sufficient level for air quality: the “taillights” are “Turin, Rome, Palermo, Milan and Como”, which have a zero vote. It follows from the new Legambiente ‘Mal’aria’ report that analyzes contamination over a five-year period (from 2014 to 2018) taking into account the values of the World Health Organization (WHO). The report, presented on the eve of the entry into force of anti-smog measures in various areas of the country on the basis of the agreement for the areas of the Po Valley, with this special edition the report cards on air pollution are assigned to 97 Italian cities, thanks to the comparison of the annual average concentrations of fine particles (Pm10 and Pm2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
“Only 15% of the cities have reached a sufficient mark in the five years – it is explained – Sassari (score 9), Macerata (vote 8), Enna, Campobasso, Catanzaro, Grosseto, Nuoro, Verbania and Viterbo (vote 7) , L ‘Aquila, Aosta, Belluno, Bolzano, Gorizia and Trapani (grade 6) “. “To protect people’s health – declares Giorgio Zampetti, general manager of Legambiente – we must have courage and consistency in defining the priorities to be faced and financed. Cities are at the center of this challenge. In addition, a different policy is needed that does not only think about traffic blocks and the weak and sporadic anti-smog measures. The Italian government, thanks to the Recovery Fund, has a unique opportunity to truly modernize the country, choosing the path of the fight against the climate crisis and the ecological reconversion of the Italian economy – note – Do not miss this important opportunity and restart the cities promoting the use of public transport, strengthening the shared mobility network and duplicating cycling and pedestrian routes ”. (HANDLE).
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