A court in Bucharest has annulled the city authorities’ Air Quality Plan, marking an important win in the fight for clean air in Romania’s capital. Although the exact reasoning of the court’s ruling has yet to be published, the decision [...]
With this appeal, we would like to turn to you ahead of the European Council on 15-16 October that will be decisive for European climate ambition and the Green Recovery of our economies. Especially due to a common history of [...]
Michael Moore produced a long sloppy reportage about a bunch of failed American green projects. That is pretty much it. The author is ditching solar and wind energy claiming that they rely massively on fossil fuels for their production. Okay, [...]
Air pollution is returning to China after a Covid-19 lockdown low, new satellite images show. NO₂ maps based on ESA satellite readings. Credit: ESA / EEB / James Poetzscher EEB air policy officer Margherita Tolotto said: “During this [...]
International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) Emissions Trading Worldwide Status Report for 2020 shows increasing reach of emissions trading systems (ETSs), growing interest from governments across the world, and new policy developments, reads an ICAP release. With Mexico launching a mandatory [...]
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 [...]