Climate Change Czech Republic Economy Europe 
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2011
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 28, 2010
While technological advances are producing cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances in Europe, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. The current economic slowdown has reduced transport volumes but transport is expected to resume its growth as soon as the economy starts to grow again.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2021
One of the companies featured in the story, Gravitricity, completed its 250-kilowatt gravity battery demonstrator in Edinburgh last April and is now working on a full-scale deployment at a mine in the Czech Republic. While lithium isn’t exactly in short supply, extracting it from the ground exacts a huge environmental cost.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2009
Transport continues to contribute disproportionally to Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, poor air quality and noise, and still uses the least efficient modes to move people and goods according to a new report from the European Environmental Agency (EEA). Indexed European transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2006.
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