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Air Pollution

Publications: Briefing: Reducing NOx emissions from shipping

Two-page briefing on reducing NOx emissions from shipping and the findings of the T&E/EEB/AirClim report 'Market-based instruments for NOx abatement in the Baltic Sea'.

November 25, 2009 | Air Pollution | Pricing & Taxation | Shipping

Publications: Market-based instruments for NOx abatement in the Baltic Sea

Joint NGO report on tackling NOx emissions from shipping using economic instruments. Published by AirClim, EEB and Transport & Environment.

November 25, 2009 | Air Pollution | Pricing & Taxation | Shipping

News: EU members failing their citizens over air quality

Barely half the EU’s member states will meet the pollution reduction targets set for 2010 in the EU’s national emissions ceilings directive.

October 14, 2009 | Air Pollution | Cars | T&E Bulletin

News: Does road pollution affect intelligence?

Pregnant women who breathe in pollution could be giving birth to children with lower intelligence, says a study from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health in America.

September 11, 2009 | Air Pollution | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin

News: Environmental and health impact of shipping seriously underestimated

New research suggests that governments have been seriously underestimating the levels of pollution from shipping.

May 18, 2009 | Air Pollution | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: LEZ boosts Berlin air quality

Initial results from Berlin's Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) show some encouraging results.

May 18, 2009 | Air Pollution | Lorries & Road Freight | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

News: Vapour law agreed

Compromise appears to have been reached over the EU's current draft legislation on capturing vapour at petrol stations.

May 18, 2009 | Air Pollution | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin

News: EU must act on this unresolved critical aspect of aviation

Editorial by Bill Hemmings, T&E Policy Officer It's a sad reflection of how little we have now come to expect from EU attempts to tackle the environmental impact of aviation that we are this month celebrating the miniscule victory of having got the Commission to publish a report.

News: Parliament support for cleaner petrol stations

Legislation to force the largest filling stations to fit vapour recovery technology moved a step closer, when the European Parliament's environment committee approved a Commission proposal.

April 9, 2009 | Air Pollution | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin

News: Lorry damage disproportionate to vehicle numbers

Lorries cause vastly more environmental damage and congestion than their share of Europe’s road vehicles leads people to believe, according to a report for T&E that has been published as the EU debates a controversial revision of the Eurovignette directive.