Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

A study by researchers in Greece, the UK and The Netherlands links long term exposure to aircraft noise, particularly during the night, to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure and possibly heart flutter and stroke as well. Results from a cohort study in Athens, Greece” Occup Environ Med doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-104180.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Global GHG emissions continue to be dominated by fossil carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, which however show a slowdown trend since 2012, and were stalled for the third year in a row in 2016. In 2016, the EU’s CO 2 emissions were 20.8% Also in Eurasia emissions grew in Turkey (5%) and Ukraine (8%). Europe’s downward trend stalling.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Concentrations of the harmful NO 2 pollutant across 30 major European cities could be reduced by up to 40% with the correct traffic policy measures, according to EU Joint Research Center (JRC) scientists. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in Europe.

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