Modelling

September 18, 2019

Politicians and their air adventures – Donald Tusk flight analysis

Intro Last month, the Marshal of the Sejm (lower house of the Polish parliament) resigned after media revealed, he has been used government planes for private purpose, including his family members. Soon after the scandal came to light, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland published a list of flights made by the four last  prime ministers, including Donald Tusk (The President of the European Council). I couldn’t miss an opportunity for such an interesting analysis. Key takeaways Donald […]
November 13, 2019

SMOG #1 Last 15 years of smog in Poland. Better. Not much, but better.

Intro It’s no surprise. The fall has come, warm fall. Despite that, the air is so dense you almost have to speed up. It smells really bad, it scratches your throat. Some immediate questions come to your mind: “Am I going to spend my whole life in such conditions? What about my children?”. But, wait a second… How was it before? Was it different years ago or we have just got used to it? OK, let’s take it one by […]
December 12, 2019

SMOG #2 Fed up with smog? You need to move there

Intro In the last article I underlined that although the air we breathe everyday is not clean, it’s getting slightly better Though, if you’re fed up with air pollution, there are some places you should consider Smog and green lungs of Poland As we are done with a historical data overview, let’s have a look at data from 2017-2018. Among 20 places with the highest PM10 scores, there are 3 out of 11 largest polish cities – Kraków, Katowice, Łódź.  I […]