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EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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The long-term WHO AQG for PM 10 was exceeded at 51% of the stations and in all of the reporting countries, except Estonia, Finland and Ireland. was exceeded at 69% of the stations located in all of the reporting countries, except Estonia, Finland and Norway. The long-term WHO AQG for PM 2.5 17 % of the EU?28

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Compared to the current levels the average emissions gap between gasoline and diesel was more than 10 times higher in 2000. The efficiency gap between new gasoline and diesel vehicles has been decreasing in recent years. There were 11.8 million new cars registered in the EU in 2013. million vehicles were registered.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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TERM reports have been published since 2000. The report “Transport at a crossroads” is the annual publication from the EEA’s Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM), which monitors the progress and effectiveness of attempts to integrate transport and environment strategies.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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Emissions of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), a seriously health-damaging pollutant, have decreased by 2% compared to the previous year and by about 12% since the year 2000. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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