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    17 May 2018

    EU air quality limits breached on a ‘continental scale’, six countries sent to ECJ

    Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Romania and Hungary have been sent to Europe’s top court for their consistent failure to tackle toxic air pollution. The six […]
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    28 November 2018

    EU climate strategy sets course, now governments must speed up

    Energy efficiency and circular economy crucial   Europe still 10 years behind Paris Agreement   €200bn of annual health benefits by cutting air pollution   The […]
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    25 July 2019

    Right to clean air: the Commission takes Bulgaria and Spain to court

    The Commission is sending Bulgaria and Spain to Europe’s highest Court for repeatedly breaching EU air quality standards and failing to guarantee citizens’ right to clean […]
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    11 September 2019

    Half of EU governments fail to deliver a plan to cut air pollution

    Five months past the deadline, EU officials are still waiting for fifteen Member States to detail their programmes to improve air quality. National governments were due […]
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    7 October 2019

    International treaty takes off towards cleaner air

    The amended Gothenburg Protocol enters into force today, marking an important step towards protecting human health, ecosystems and the climate from dangerous pollutants.   The protocol sets […]
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    16 October 2019

    Air pollution: New figures reveal extent of problem, but ten governments fail to plan

    Poor air quality is putting our health at stake, reveals the European Environment Agency in a new report released today – but campaigners warn national action […]
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    29 November 2019

    EU Commission to get tougher on air quality laggards – Fitness Check concludes

    Brussels, 29 November 2019 – The European Commission has published its conclusions on the Fitness Check of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive, at the Clean […]
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    6 March 2020

    EU governments admit they need to do more to improve air quality

    EU environment ministers have accepted that more needs to be done to ensure European air quality standards are met across the continent. Civil society groups welcomed […]
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    21 April 2020

    Air pollution returns to China

    Europe risks going “back to a dirty future” Covid-19 deaths linked to pollution   21 April 2020, Brussels – Air pollution is returning to China after […]
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    26 June 2020

    Most member states are failing to protect citizens from toxic air

    Nearly all member states must step up their effort to cut air pollution and ensure citizens can breathe clean air, states the European Commission in a […]
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    23 November 2020

    Three quarters of EU urban population exposed to toxic air as governments fail to cut emissions

    Air pollution health impacts make us more vulnerable to Covid-19, report highlights Most Europeans living in cities are still breathing air that is dangerous to their […]
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    18 December 2020

    False ceilings: Only Belgium and Slovakia are on track to meet EU air pollution targets, report finds

    All of the EU’s member states but two have failed to show how they will slash air pollution to comply with the emissions limits set out […]
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