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EPHA: Coronavirus threat greater for polluted cities; clean air returning to cities in lockdown

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Those living in polluted cities are more at risk from COVID-19, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) warned today. Air pollution can cause hypertension, diabetes and respiratory diseases, conditions that doctors are starting to link to higher mortality rates for COVID-19. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is an EPHA member.

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Italy looks to sink $1 billion into boosting electric cars

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Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe clogging up its roads, and the country is lagging behind other European countries in EV adoption. An EV made is Italy is even better. Bloomberg writes that the plan will be presented to auto representatives next month.

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Stellantis slams Italy for not backing EVs, putting Fiat at risk

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Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) EVs drivers in Italy are a rare breed. Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe, and is lagging way behind other European countries in EV adoption, with an incentive program that has been practically nonexistent. And Tavares said that’s just not going to cut it.

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Italy says that it’s illegal for Alfa Romeo to call its new EV the Milano

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If it’s not made in Italy, it can’t sound Italian. Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso, according to Automotive News Europe , slammed Stellantis for the decision to build the EV at the company’s Tychy plant in Poland – meaning the car will be the first Alfa Romeo to be entirely built outside of Italy.

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T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

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Spain, Italy, Greece, France and Norway are the most exposed countries to cruise ship air pollution in Europe. Among the major cruise ports, Barcelona, Palma Mallorca and Venice are the most polluted. In Denmark, for example, whose coasts are entirely within SECAs, cruise ships emitted 18 times more SO x in 2017 than all 2.5

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BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. Clean hydrogen could abate up to 37% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to BNEF estimates.

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Fiat 500e hits road bump, Stellantis lays off thousands of workers

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Fiat’s new 500e (Source: Stellantis) Stellantis has decided to temporarily lay off some 2,250 workers at its Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy. Of course, its home turf of Italy has some of the lowest EV adoption rates in Europe, at just 4% of the market. But the Italian government is working to change that.

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