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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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Aggregated damage costs by pollutant. 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.

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, IVECO and ENGIE collaborating to promote natural gas in Europe starting from Belgium

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. Transportation is responsible for 22% of CO 2 emissions in the world (and even 30% in Europe); 95% of the energy consumed by this sector comes from oil.

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European Researchers Launch Mega Campaign to Assess Urban Air Pollution

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Twenty research teams from across Europe are launching one of its largest pollution monitoring campaigns and are setting up sites in Île-de-France (a region containing the Paris metropolitan area) to investigate sources of particulate pollution in the urban environment. million (US$4.8

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

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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. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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While technological advances are producing cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances in Europe, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy. The closest is the combination of improved technology and “avoid and shift” policies. Click to enlarge.

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

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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). Air pollution. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).