26 January 2021
Cross-border pollution from Serbian coal plants threatens EU citizens’ health Environmental campaigners have taken legal action against Serbia’s state-owned electricity company EPS for exposing Serbian and […]
28 January 2021
The EU’s new air pollution limits, which could save more than 20,000 lives every year by cutting pollution from coal-fired power plants alone, were annulled today by the judges of Luxemburg […]
1 February 2021
The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) currently excludes limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), making it unfit to support the EU’s moves to […]
6 May 2021
On Friday 7 May the German Bundesrat may vote a dangerous compromise allowing business as usual pollution levels for German coal and lignite power plants. The […]
12 May 2021
Despite committing to a zero pollution ambition, the European Commission’s latest action plan may not propose any new binding actions to clean up Europe’s air, water […]
17 June 2021
Air pollution prevention from chemical industries may enter into a deregulation mayhem under the EU Commission proposal for WGC BREF. Polluters-complacent countries would be rewarded with […]
6 July 2021
Progress towards air quality goals will be witnessed on new EU standards to prevent emissions from chemical installations (WGC BREF). However, the vague methodology set to […]
22 September 2021
The World Health Organisation has today published a long-awaited update to its Global Air Quality Guidelines, the first such update since 2005 The World Health Organisation […]
15 November 2021
The European Commission has referred Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for the Member State’s poor air quality resulting from nitrogen dioxide […]
27 June 2023
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has taken the first step towards protecting air quality by supporting an ambitious set of compromise amendments to the European Commission’s […]
20 February 2024
BRUSSELS, 20 February. Today, the last political trilogue concluded in an agreement for a new Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD). The new law aims to reduce […]
11 March 2024
Last month the trilogue negotiations between the European institutions concluded and a provisional final agreement on the text of the new Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) […]
