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EEA: Air pollution in 10 EU countries still above legal limits; road transport and agriculture

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Air pollution from sources such as transport and agriculture is still being emitted above legal limits in 10 European Union (EU) Member States according to new data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The main reasons for the exceedances are emissions from road transport (NO x ) and agriculture (NH 3 ).

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MAN rolls out battery repair centers across Europe – Charged EVs

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Over the next two years, MAN Truck & Bus , headquartered in Munich, Germany, plans to establish battery repair centers in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Poland and the UK. Two of the facilities, in Hanover-Laatzen, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain, are already in operation.

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The Dutch Tax Authority Was Felled by AI—What Comes Next?

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“The government had more faith in its flawed algorithm than in its own citizens, and the civil servants working on the files simply divested themselves of moral and legal responsibility by pointing to the algorithm,” says Nathalie Smuha , a technology legal scholar at KU Leuven in Belgium.

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Air pollutant emission 2010 limits exceeded in twelve EU Member States; road transport NOx a main factor

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For the first time, preliminary data recently reported to the EEA by Member States allow a comparison with the legally binding emission limits for 2010 set in the EU NEC Directive. Spain was the only Member State to have exceeded three of its four emission ceilings under the NECD; followed by Germany with two exceedances.

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EU Likely to Miss 2010 Air Pollutant Limits; NOx the Toughest

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A small group of Member States anticipates missing two or more of their legally-binding emission ceilings. Only Spain anticipates missing three emission ceilings: those for NO x , NMVOC and NH 3. Others, such as Ireland, Austria and Belgium, are projected to miss their limits by as much as up to 60%.

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NOx emissions exceeded limits in 12 European countries in 2010

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Today’s publication of official 2010 data from Member States is the first time that those efforts can be measured against the legally binding targets. These were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

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T&E: VW sells least polluting Euro 6 diesels in Europe; no brand meets Euro 6 in real-world driving; loopholes & defeat strategies

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million), Spain (1.9 million) and Belgium (1.4 T&E’s calculations also suggest that today 29 million diesel cars and vans that T&E classifies as “dirty”—3x the Euro 5 NO x limit—are driving on Europe’s roads. The largest number of such diesels is found on French roads (5.5 million), followed by Germany (5.3

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