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Is air pollution behind a surge in support for green parties?

What can be done to tackle air pollution in Europe and is a surge in support for green parties signalling a shift among voters?

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More than 90% of the world's children breathe toxic air every day, WHO report says

More than 90% of the world's children breathe toxic air every day, according to a World Health Organization report.

Europe News

Air pollution levels still exceed healthy limits in Europe

The European Environment Agency has released a report saying that 500,000 premature deaths can be linked to the toxic air we breathe. According to their findings, air pollution is the main cause of premature death in 41 European countries.

Living

This is some serious trash art

It involves a giant plastic shark.

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World News

Air pollution: "New Tobacco"

Head of World Health Organisation says 7 million people will die each year from toxic air

Living

‘Zero-waste’ beauty made easy

Smart refillable packaging of cosmetics reduce the environmental impact of beauty regimen.

Destinations

The Beach is closed

For the first time, ecology comes before economy as Maya Bay recover from mass tourism damaged

Germany

German miners demand job protection ahead of coal phase-out

German miners demand job protection ahead of coal phase-out

Poland

Will Germany's diesel bans just push its pollution problem to Poland?

New figures show more than 350,000 dirty diesel cars were exported to Poland last year, mainly from Germany.

World

Germany finds addiction "fix"

Leaders of Germany’s coalition parties have come to an agreement to fix the country’s diesel crisis after marathon talks late into the night.

Living

Organic beauty brands to watch

Discover five game-changers of the cosmetic industry.

Business

German carmakers investigated for possibly colluding over emissions technology

Did Germany's biggest five carmarkers secretly restrict the rollout of clean emission technology?

United Kingdom

First evidence of air pollution particles reaching mothers' placentas

"Until now, there has been very little evidence that inhaled particles get into the blood from the lung."

France

Parisians enjoy the Champs Elysées sans traffic

Last Sunday in Paris, at the tail end of the summer, the city's most famous avenue became blissfully free of traffic.

World News

Daily air quality forecasts could save millions of lives, say scientis

Vincent-Henri Peuch, the head of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, said the idea was to make information on air pollution levels “as daily, as mundane as a weather forecast”.

Europe News

Car industry faces blame in EU's battle against air pollution

"I think that the car industry is among the big actors that are preventing us from solving the problem."

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Tackling air pollution, copyright row

Portugal

Fire in Portugal's Algarve poisoning air quality

The wildfire still burning in southern Portugal has scorched almost 24,000 hectares and has caused carbon monoxide levels to rise in the region

France

French ozone levels set to spike in the heat

French authorities are taking measures to reduce pollution levels amid concerns that ozone levels will spike, adding chronic heart and lung disease to the list of health risks brought about by the heatwave.

Italy

Rome: Bees used as pollution monitors

The tiny insects collect pollen from thousands of plants daily, in quite a tight radius and then their honey and wax are tested for various toxins. The project's been set up by Italian beekeepers and the carabinieri to understand the air pollution