REK Bitola
North Macedonia’s Go-Slow on Greener Energy is Costing Lives
The latest analysis, compiled by Bankwatch, released this week, shows that fine dust, PM2.5, concentrations alone are responsible for up to 8.43 per cent of all deaths among adults in the nearby village of Novaci.
This means that in this small, sparsely populated municipality, up to 6 people die prematurely every year due to PM2.5 pollution.
North Macedonia Declares ‘State of Crisis’ Over Energy
North Macedonia on Tuesday declared a "state of crisis" over energy for the next 30 days, empowering the state to intervene financially to help the two state-owned joint stock power companies, ESM and MEPSO, import more electricity from abroad.