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Air Pollution: Parliament Adopts Revised Law to Improve Air Quality
Parliament on Wednesday adopted a provisional political agreement with EU countries on new measures to improve air quality in the EU so it is no longer harmful to human health, natural ecosystems...
Air quality: Council and Parliament strike deal to strengthen standards in the EU
The Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal to set EU air quality standards to be attained with the aim of achieving a zero-pollution...
Baltic Sea shipping should avoid copper in antifouling paints and open-loop scrubbers to mitigate pollution
In the most recent Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) assessment (2011-2016), all the Baltic Sea basins failed to reach good environmental status as defined by the EU Maritime Strategy Framework Directive. HELCOM offers data...
Annual Implementation Report 2021: Modest Reform Gains as Energy Community Embarks on the Energy Transition
The Energy Community Secretariat’s Report published today reveals that the Energy Community Contracting Parties have made progress in reforming their energy and climate sectors. In fact, the average implementation score increased from...
EBRD supports coal transition in Kragujevac, Serbia
Kragujevac, the fourth-largest city in Serbia, will make a big leap in its transition away from coal, thanks to an EUR 18 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
Secretariat Initiates Dispute Settlement Procedures Against Four Contracting Parties in Relation to NERPs
Secretariat launched dispute settlement procedures against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia for not meeting their NERP ceilings for the reporting years 2018 and 2019. NERPs (National Emission Reduction Plans)...
EU Met Air Pollution Limits for Four Key Pollutants, Including Ammonia, in 2018
In 2018, the European Union met all air pollution limit ceilings set for total emissions of the four key pollutants monitored under EU rules. Emissions of nitrogen oxides and ammonia levelled off...
Australian Power Stations Among World’s Worst for Toxic Air Pollution
Power stations in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and New South Wales’s Lake Macquarie region have been named on a list of the world’s biggest hotspots for toxic air pollution.A new report by Greenpeace,...
Emissions Dip When Freight Ships Use Chips
Chip fat and other vegetable oils could be used to replace polluting fuels used to power freight vessels.
Chip fat and other vegetable oils could soon be used to replace the polluting fuels...
Air Pollution Fears Fuel Fight Against New London Cruise Ship Terminal
The River Thames has become a ‘wild west’ unbound by new laws to clean up the city’s roads, say campaigners.
A huge new cruise ship terminal planned for the River Thames would lead...
NGO HEAL: The Amount of Particle Pollution from Air which We Are Exposed to
The numerous consequences of air pollution, including the contribution to mortality of one million people per year worldwide, are becoming a hot topic in Serbia. Exposure to air pollution is associated with...
WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ECOHEALTH
Although EcoHealth is significant for all living beings on the planet, the general public is not yet sufficiently familiar with the concept and term of this multidisciplinary field.The multiplication of the number...
Could City Waterways Ease Air Pollution?
Waterways offer new transport options in some towns and cities, but there are still some challenges to overcome Once bustling thoroughfares for boats of all kinds, to some entrepreneurs the rivers in...
Wind and Solar Power Helped Prevent Up To 12,700 Deaths
The massive increase in wind and solar energy helped prevent the premature deaths of up to 12,700 people over a nine-year period in the US, according to new research which illustrates the...
29% of Water Deemed Unsuitable for Human Consumption in China’s Top Coal Province
We know that Trump digs coal, but of all the fossil fuels, coal is Earth's biggest polluter. The environmental impact of the coal industry is vast and devastating. And now, production of...
Air Pollution more Deadly in Africa than Malnutrition or Dirty Water, Study Warns
Africa’s air pollution is causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition, and could develop into a health and climate crisis reminiscent of those seen in China and India, a...
