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"Editorial" for Global Environment 2
Agnoletti and Corona provide the background on this issue.
Agnoletti and Corona provide the background on this issue.
This article examines energy consumption, the transition from organic to fossil energy carriers, and the consequent CO2 emissions over a period of almost 150 years (1861–2000) in Italy and Spain.
From the late 1950s onward, Helsinki experienced air pollution from energy generation, industries, waste incineration, and traffic. After having been at its worst in the late 1960s the air quality in Helsinki eventually improved remarkably. This paper examines the reasons for this environmentally advantageous outcome, which was achieved in the absence of a particularly successful environmental policy.