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European leaders gather to tackle a silent killer: dirty cooking fuels

“I believe if your neighbour’s house is burning, you help them. Africa is our neighbour,” said IEA executive director Dr Fatih Birol.

Nature

The European countries where you can get paid to cycle to work

Cycling helps you to get fit and reduce emissions.

Green News

How much damage is ‘scrubber water’ doing to Europe’s Baltic Sea?

Shipping companies have recouped the cost of ‘scrubber’ tech and are now benefiting from dirtier fuel, researchers have revealed.

Living

How does EU climate policy actually impact your life?

The European Green Deal and other buzzwords are talked about a lot in the Brussels bubble, but how do these things actually affect EU citizens in their everyday lives?

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Green News

ROUNDUP: Key energy and environment votes in parliament

MEPs waved through a raft of energy and environment files in Strasbourg this week during the last European Parliament plenary session before elections in June.

Green News

Parliament backs stricter limits for air pollutants, better monitoring

Law under negotiation between the co-legislators since 2022 hopes to deliver cleaner air across EU cities but still needs to be approved by the EU Council.

Green News

Low emissions traffic schemes linked to cleaner air

Air quality markers revealed the day before a European Parliament plenary vote will set new guidance on tackling air pollution.

Green News

What is air pollution doing to young children’s attention span?

Boys may be impacted by traffic fumes for longer as their brains mature more slowly, the Spanish researchers say.

Economy

The smart economics of clean air: Financial institutions urged to act

A commission chaired by former New Zealand PM and former WHO Chief Scientist calls on the World Bank and others to act on air pollution.

Green News

Can western Europe’s most polluted place reach net zero by 2050?

Italy’s industrial heartland has a long way to go to reach the EU’s goal of zero air pollution.

Living

Bright lights at night could increase your risk of stroke

Stroke risk increases with outdoor light pollution and 80% of people could be affected, a new study finds.

Green News

Air pollution has improved in Europe in the last 20 years, study finds

Almost all Europeans in the area studied still live with unhealthy levels of small particulate pollution.

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Palestine has asked the UN to look into ‘environmental crimes’ in Gaza

Human remains, asbestos and unexploded munitions: there will be huge challenges to conducting field-based assessment work in Gaza.

Europe News

Euroviews. The latest EU clean air standards update could benefit Poland greatly

The revised Ambient Air Quality Directive is a great tool for the Polish government to swiftly shift from the costly smoggy past to a clear new era, with happier and healthier people in tow, Weronika Michalak

Green News

These 20 airports produced as much CO2 as 58 coal power stations

New research takes stock of the impact of passenger flights and, for the first time, air freight at 1,300 airports around the world.

Green News

Heating and cars: Milan introduces emergency pollution-busting rules

Dry weather and warm temperatures have worsened the Italian city’s smog problem.

Green News

Parliament, member states clinch air pollution deal

Strictest air pollution limits and access to justice for citizens are key aspects of the agreement.

Green News

Parliament at odds with member states over action on air pollution

Belgium hopes to broker a deal between governments and MEPs on stricter new EU air pollution limits, with an anticipated final round of talks set for 20 February.

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Madrid landfills emitting major methane leaks, investigation reveals

A Guardian investigation has revealed methane leaks that threaten net zero targets and human health.

France

Paris votes whether to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs

The move would drastically hike up the cost-per-hour to park a large SUV in the centre of the French capital.