Industrial pollution, emission from the oil- and gas sector and air pollution from the many central heat power plants in Russian cities causes the high number of deaths. This is the scaring facts according to a recently published report by the UN Development Program (UNDP), made in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Energy.
Most Russian urban areas have coal-fired or heavy-oil fired heating plants, many without cleaning facilities for the emission.
The UNDP recommends implementation of modern technologies to such plants in order to improve the air-quality in urban areas. Such modern technologies are already widely used in other developed countries, reads the UNDP report.
Read the report here, (pdf).
