“In the interests of environmental protection and climate protection, I ask you to refrain from the New Year’s Eve bang,” said the city chief, knowing that it was difficult to monitor compliance with the ban. The civil protection association and representatives of the agricultural sector had also appealed for personal responsibility. Residues from spent fireworks pollute the meadows and the green fodder for the animals.
If you compare the measured values of the Steyr air test station of the state of Upper Austria in the Steyrer Münichholz, there was much less shooting this year than before. On January 1, 2020, a few weeks before the outbreak of the corona pandemic, a record value of 144 micrograms per cubic meter of air was measured for fine dust shortly after midnight. This year the air was “only” polluted with 34 micrograms after the Pummerin hit. Nevertheless, many fireworks flashed in the sky. Vogl suspects that savings were made with the smaller pyrotechnics – at least. (feh)
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