Atmospheric pollution in a coal mine region of Romania and solutions to assure sustainable development

The present paper examines the atmospheric pollution in the Jiu-Valley coal mining region of Romania. It identifies: polluting sources, pointing out the pollution favourizing conditions; the pollution impacts; and measures for short-, middle-, and long-term which could be taken in order to obtain a sustainable future development of this region. The importance of the problems presented in this paper is emphasized by the fact that beside cokeable and energetical coal reserves, this region has a high touristic potential the whole year.