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

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All of the EU’s member states but two have failed to show how they will slash air pollution to comply with the emissions limits set out in the EU’s National Emission Ceilings Directive, according to a new report from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB). The first program was due by 1 April 2019. —by 2020 and 2030. Background.

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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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Air pollution could be causing double the number of excess deaths a year in Europe than has been estimated previously, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. Air pollution caused twice as many deaths from CVD as from respiratory diseases. The researchers found that air pollution caused an estimated 8.8

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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.

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