Europe-Enviormental+Issues

 Some of Europe's enviromental issues include : *since then environmental movements gained momentum and pollution awarness rose. []
 * Austria- before 1970 and after the war Austria was concerned about reconstruction and supporting the development of the industrial.
 * the amount of car use and transit use has increased.
 * the routes in the montains are a pass to more than 1 million cars per year from the 600,000 from back in the 1970's.
 * the industry pollution has become a major problem in Austria, and can be traced back some 200 years.
 * by 1990 almost 37% of the forests have suffered from acid rain and other forms of pollution
 * in 1989 large amounts of radioactivity escaped from a nuclear power plant.

As a result of industrialization, both Greece's air and water have become polluted. The quality of water in the Meditteranean area has declined. The only way for the Greeks to dispose of factory waste is to direct them to the sea. This is why the Greek water is heavily polluted. Between the years 1987 to 1993, there was an extended drought, causing the decrease in both the quantity and quality of the water. []

Norway is taking a leading role in addressing environmental issues. Poverty and the environment is closely related, and the Norwegian government recently launched an action plan aimed to prepare developing nations for current and future environmental dangers facing the world. []

The Bulgarian government publicly recognized the existence of environmental issues that may have been from as early as 1960. These have been identified as water pollution, air pollution,and noise. A large number of articles have appeared in the press over the years which pointed out the hazardsto human health due to pollution .The problem has been recognized as one which exists under conditions of socialism, and almost no attempts have been made to discuss environmental problems in the West. []