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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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100 Tesla Model 3 vehicles offered to private hire drivers in London

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Electrified Fleets vs Air Pollution Deaths. They Tesla cars will replace internal combustion engine vehicles, reducing air pollution in London. As per Amber , about 3,600 to 4,100 premature deaths in London are attributed to air pollution every year. However, levels of air pollution in London are still too high for many people.

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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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This technology helps San Francisco get one step closer to full zero emissions operations, improving the health of the city’s environment and its residents. The nine green zones are located in population-dense neighborhoods most affected by air pollution. Initial SF Muni Green Zone routes.

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New European project on green traffic management

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The three-year project, titled THE ISSUE (‘Traffic- Health-Environment. Intelligent Solutions Sustaining Urban Economies’), brings together research clusters from five European regions: the East Midlands in the United Kingdom, the Molise region in Italy, the Midi-Pyrenees and Aquitaine regions in France and the Mazovia region in Poland.

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Urgent action is needed to tackle the plastic recycling ‘postcode lottery’

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Find out how implementing a new plastic recycling system in the United Kingdom could improve participation rates. The post Urgent action is needed to tackle the plastic recycling ‘postcode lottery’ appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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While initially quite vague, Vision Zero has grown to incorporate combating assumed environmental harms caused by automobiles, achieving "transportation equity," and has been leveraged by a myriad of governments (particularly in Europe) hoping to reshape urban environments.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

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Manufacturers measure vehicle fuel consumption in a controlled laboratory environment. Further actions are therefore required, in particular on-road testing of fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions under real driving conditions and a not-to-exceed limit for the real-world gap, as it already exists for air pollutant emissions today.

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