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EEB report finds only Belgium and Slovakia on track to meet EU air pollution targets

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The first program was due by 1 April 2019. Greece, Luxembourg and Romania have still not delivered their program and Italy has only submitted a draft. Together with DUH, FNE and the Lake Constance Foundation, the EEB has launched the ‘Clean Air Farming‘ project to help reduce ammonia and methane emissions from agriculture.

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population. When they looked at individual countries, the researchers found that air pollution caused an excess death rate of 154 per 100,000 in Germany (a reduction of 2.4

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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In October, Romania adopted a plan to double its nuclear capacity by 2031. After all, in sharp contrast to those two, the average price of nuclear electricity has actually nudged upwards by 26 percent between 2010 and 2019. We need every clean energy source, building as much as they can, as fast as they can.

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DAF trucks showcases electric and hybrid trucks at IAA CV

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The DAF CF Hybrid has been developed for driving electrically with zero emissions in urban areas, while offering a much longer range to operate beyond those urban areas, thanks to the latest, ultra-clean diesel technology. The DAF CF Hybrid features the very efficient 10.8 DAF’s heavy-duty market share in Europe grew from 15.3%

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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But if one persistent cadre of nuclear optimists are right, then Linglong One could be a model for fission’s future in an age of clean energy. Even more discouragingly, nuclear’s per-unit cost increased 26 percent between 2009 and 2019—while solar and wind power prices plummeted instead.

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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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