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Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

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Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. It’s critical that governments adopt and enforce WHO guidelines for air pollution immediately.

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

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Air pollution from sources such as transport and agriculture is still being emitted above legal limits in 10 European Union (EU) Member States according to new data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The main reasons for the exceedances are emissions from road transport (NO x ) and agriculture (NH 3 ).

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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 European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) “ Air quality in Europe — 2019 report ” shows that almost all Europeans living in cities are still exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the health-based air quality guidelines (AQGs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The long-term WHO AQG for PM 2.5 17 % of the EU?28

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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European countries struggle to meet emission limits due to emissions from agriculture and transport

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Eleven EU Member States breached air pollution ceilings in 2015 mostly due to high emissions from agricultural and transport sources, according to new data and a briefing released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Six Member States exceeded their NO x emission ceilings in 2015. between 2014 and 2015.

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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. VW Passat). Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Poland / 153 / 154 / 7. Hungary / 153 / 155 / 10.

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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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The aircraft could double the area around airports exposed to substantial noise pollution compared to existing subsonic aircraft of the same size. Greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from commercial aircraft are rapidly increasing, the ICCT noted. The fleet of SSTs would emit an additional 1.6

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