The health damage caused by coal-fired power stations’ air pollutant emissions in the EU costs up to €42.8 billion a year, according to a new study by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL).
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NGO priorities for the European Year of Air
As part of a public consultation launched by the European Commission on the review of all EU air policies, 60 environmental, health and citizens NGOs including AirClim urge the European Commission to take ambitious action to address poor air quality in Europe.
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Ozone levels still troubling Europe
The alert threshold for ozone was exceeded in the European Union at 25 occasions in the summer of 2012, which is the lowest number ever since records began in 1997, writes the European Environment Agency (EEA) in their annual report on ground level ozone.
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Consultation on non-road mobile machinery
Emssions from chainsaws, generators, bulldozers, fork lifts and other so called non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) contributes to an increasing proportion of many important air pollutants, despite the adoption of the NRMM-directive in 1997 and three subsequent amendments.
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Mealworms food of the future?
A recent Dutch study has found that protein from mealworms generates about half as much greenhouse gas emissions compared to protein from milk, pork or chicken, and about a tenth of protein from beef. The major difference is the consumption of feed and consequently also land area.
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Europeans call for stronger EU air quality policy
A majority of Europeans believe that air quality has deteriorated in the last ten years. In Italy, as many as 81 % hold this view, and in Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Spain, 70-75 % believe that this is the case, according to the latest Eurobarometer ...
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Fracking up for consultation
Due to the increasing interest for shale gas in the EU, the European Commission has launched a citizen’s consultation on unconventional fossils fuels. They want to ensure that developments “are carried out with proper health, climate and environmental safeguards in place”.
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New stricter PM2.5 standards in the US
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an update to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution (PM2.5), including soot, setting the annual health standard at 12 micrograms per cubic meter.
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CO2 targets reached one year ahead
Out of 20 major automobile manufacturers 18 had already in 2011 reached their individual 2012 CO2 targets, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The two carmakers ..
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Give your opinion on how to improve EU air quality policy
Air pollution and the associated threats to the environment and human health continue to be a concern for many EU citizens. On 11 December, the European Commission launched a public consultation ..
