Air pollution
Pollution is still killing too many despite cleaner air
Monday 21 October 2019 |
Emanuela Barbiroglio | VoxEurop
The latest European Environment Agency report shows air is getting cleaner in Europe, but persistent pollution, especially in cities, still damages people’s health and the economy.
Western Europeans more seduced than their Eastern neighbours by Volkswagen diesel “fix”
Monday 05 March 2018 |
Peter Teffer | EUobserver
VoxEurop
Volkswagen Group is much more successful in convincing Dieselgate-affected consumers to have the illegal defeat device removed from their car in Western Europe than in Eastern Europe.
Thousands of deaths due to diesel cars
in depth
Monday 18 September 2017 |
Stefano Valentino | MobileReporter
VoxEurop
Every year, about 10,000 people across Europe die prematurely because of diesel car emissions exceeding limits
EU gives a week to countries to come up with clean air plans
Tuesday 30 January 2018 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | VoxEurop
Nine member states face fines if they don’t take steps to comply with the emission reduction they promised.
European citizens want a Europe beyond Coal
Friday 29 March 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa “People across Europe overwhelmingly want the health, environmental, and employment benefits that come with switching from dirty coal, oil and gas to a universally accessible, affordable and renewably powered energy system and energy efficiency”.
Diesel cars in the doghouse
in depth
Wednesday 17 January 2018 |
Artur Włodarski | BiQdata
Despite the Dieselgate scandal, diesel-fueled cars are still the most popular in Europe. A trend that is slowly changing, as governments and the public opinion are starting to grasp with their impact on public health.
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.
Bulgaria and its EU neighbours do not cope well with the repercussions of the Dieselgate
Tuesday 03 September 2019 |
Mila Cherneva | Capital
Only half of Volkswagen Group's problematic cars in Bulgaria have received a software update, and now the country risks being flooded with low-quality polluting vehicles from Western Europe.
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.
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.
