Avainsana: Air pollution
Days With Hazardous Levels of Air Pollutants Are More Common Due to Increase in Wildfires
After decades of air quality improvement due to the Clean Air Act of 1970 and other regulations since, the Western U.S. is experiencing an increase…
Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: EEA
] Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10% annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature…
Less Traffic in First Lockdown Reduced Air Pollution but Caused Potentially Damaging Surface Ozone Levels to Rise
London saw increases of around 50% in surface ozone (O3) compared to previous years. The study – led by the University of York – shows…
London the worst city in Europe for health costs from air pollution
UK waste incinerators three times as likely to be in deprived areas
Waste incinerators are three times as likely to be situated in the most deprived and ethnically diverse areas of the UK, it has been revealed,…
Air pollution ’greatest risk’ to global life expectancy
Air pollution cuts life expectancy for every man, woman and child on Earth by nearly two years, according to data released Tuesday which experts said…
French government threatened with fines by top court over air pollution
The French government will be fined 10 million euros ($11.3 million) every six months if it does not reduce air pollution in line with the…
Most EU countries not doing enough to tackle air pollution, Commission says
Most European Union countries are at risk of missing their targets for reducing health-damaging air pollution for both 2020 and 2030, the European Commission said…
China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution: study
China’s levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last year’s levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain…
Air pollution drops by 40-50% in big Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai after lockdown: EU sat data
The 32-day national lockdown has started showing its positive effect on air quality across the country as big cities like Delhi and Mumbai see pollution…














