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EEA: Air pollution in 10 EU countries still above legal limits; road transport and agriculture

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As of 2010, all Member States are required to meet their emission ceilings, but preliminary 2014 data and final data for 2010-13 in the EEA’s new briefing NEC Directive reporting status 2015 shows that a number of countries consistently breached their limits for NO x , NMVOCs and NH 3 in all these years.

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Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

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Starting at week one of a ban on smoking in Ireland, for example, there was a 13% drop in all-cause mortality, a 26% reduction in ischemic heart disease, a 32% reduction in stroke, and a 38% reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The report also examines the impact of environmental policies economically.

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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. For example, fine particulate matter caused about 17,000 fewer premature deaths in the EU in 2016, compared with 2015. The long-term WHO AQG for PM 2.5 17 % of the EU?28

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Ireland / 157 / 162 / 13. The average British driver comes sixteenth in the list with 158g/km (eg. VW Passat). Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Reintroducing commercial supersonic transport (SST) aircraft into the global aviation fleet could have significant noise and climate impacts by 2035, according to a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). CO 2 emissions from global aviation hit an all-time high of 859 MMT in 2017, up 10% from 2015 levels.

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