2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.

2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.
Demand for the bonds was more than three times higher than expected.
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Poland produced almost 8 million tonnes less of CO2 equivalent last year, according to new EU data.
But support falls to 45% when Poles are asked if they would want a small nuclear reactor in their local area.
“We cannot invest where regulations outright stifle investment processes,” said the CEO of Polish state energy giant Orlen in Prague.
EuRoPol Gaz is demanding a payment of lost transmission fees after Gazprom halted supplies last year.
The climate ministry claims that 35,000 tonnes of waste from Germany has been illegally dumped in Poland.
They argue that the technology, which is still in development, is not sufficiently tested and produces large amounts of nuclear waste.
Single-use plastic cutlery, straws and drink stirrers are among the products now banned.
Alicja Ptak
The war in Ukraine has further stoked demand.
The Polish government says it will not support “Fit for 55”, the EU’s flagship programme to cut emissions.
Poland’s grid operator ordered solar and wind facilities to be disconnected temporarily from the system.
The provincial governor argues that the plans – in which older cars would be banned from the city of Kraków – would “interfere with constitutional rights and freedoms”.
Poland is by far the EU’s biggest importer of LPG, despite the government ending other Russian energy imports.