CO2 Emissions
per capita in t 14
10 12
Ukraine
2 4 6 8
0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998
Source: World Bank. Development Indicators database Produced by Zoi Environment Network, January 2011
2000 2002 2004 2006 2007
Belarus
Moldova
As one of the most hazardous regions of Ukraine for environmental pol- lution, Donbas raises considerable concern not only about air pollution but also about the all-too- common dumps, also called terricones in the region, piles of discarded material leſt behind by the mines and coal plants. Some of them burn ceaselessly due to their high concentration of coal.
Both open fires and slow underground smouldering can produce harmful gases such as carbon monoxide (CO),
carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen diox- ide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2), as well as “tarry” emission products
(including poly-aromatic hydrocar- bons) from the incomplete combus- tion of coal. Mining experts say the numerous mining waste piles scattered
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