Pollution
The Balkans (and Europe) are choking on coal pollution
Friday 29 March 2019 |
Maria Giulia Anceschi | OBC Transeuropa
The 16 coal power plants in the western Balkans cause as much pollution as the 250 plants active within the European Union. The health impact is severe, and not just within the region.
EU set to meet its climate change targets
Sunday 17 March 2019 |
Kashyap Raibagi | VoxEurop
The European Union has already achieved one of its three targets related to climate change and energy, as a part of the Europe 2020 strategy.
EU promotes meat, despite climate goals
in depth
Wednesday 13 March 2019 |
Peter Teffer | EUobserver
Meat and dairy are emissions-intensive when compared to vegetables and fruit, with carnivore diets leading to roughly double the amount of a vegetarian's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cold housing and polluted cities? Something is changing in the Balkans
Tuesday 05 March 2019 |
Lorenzo Ferrari | OBC Transeuropa
Many citizens of south-east Europe cannot afford to properly heat their own homes. The impact on health and air pollution is serious, but energy poverty has recently begun to decline.
Auditors raise alarm over air pollution in Europe
in depth
Friday 15 February 2019 |
Peter Teffer | EUobserver
Seven out of eight audited EU countries "have not effectively implemented" a decade-old directive on air quality rules, according to a report published at the end of January.
Plastic pollution increasing at the top of the Earth
in depth
Friday 25 January 2019 |
Martin Breum | EUobserver
Increasing amounts of plastic pollution have been detected in Europe's most northern Arctic regions, but the overwhelming majority of litter stems from other parts of the world.
Air pollution kills more than 500,000 Europeans each year
Monday 05 November 2018 |
Déborah Berthier | VoxEurop
Despite the efforts of European countries, atmospheric pollution (fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone in particular) continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people every year.
European vehicle market (ICCT)
Tuesday 29 January 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques The ICCT publishes every year a statistical overview of the European car fleet. The data goes ten years back, allowing a full appreciation of the recent market evolution.
Traffic pollution costs €60 billion per year in healthcare
Tuesday 15 January 2019 |
Déborah Berthier | VoxEurop
Each year 500 000 Europeans die prematurely as a result of air pollution. Road transport alone causes 18 percent of air pollution.
EU commits itself to 37.5 percent cut in car emissions by 2030
Tuesday 08 January 2019 |
Déborah Berthier | VoxEurop
EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to a 37.5 percent reduction in CO2 output for new cars by 2030. A 31 percent cut for utility vehicles is also planned.
