On air pollution in the Po Valley, "after a discussion with the regional administrations, this morning a meeting was held at the Ministry of the Environment between the central administrations involved" "The path towards achieving compliance with the emission limit values has already been defined for years with the allocation of important national and regional financial resources", said Gilberto Pichetto, responding to a question from Cinquestelle parliamentarians at question time in the Senate. "An additional fund of approximately 2.2 billion euros in total has been established by the 2022 budget law, for the implementation of the National Air Pollution Control Program (Pncia)," added Pichettos.
"To date, 27 projects have been financed for over 300 million euros, and a further 5 projects are in way of definition", he added. "The strengthening and extension of existing agreements is underway, as well as the involvement of other Regions, not subject to infringement procedures, in the signing of similar agreements", said the minister.