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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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    11 December 2020

    Coal firms get €50+ million ‘free pass’ on water bills – investigation

    Hidden subsidies for major polluters, while public forced to pay Auf Deutsch | W języku polskim 11 December 2020, Brussels – Officials are shielding the coal […]
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    26 January 2021

    Serbia’s public electricity company faces court for breaching toxic emission limits

    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 […]
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    28 January 2021

    EU air pollution rules for Large Combustion Plants remain valid, European Court of Justice rules

    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 […]
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    1 February 2021

    EU industrial pollution law revision essential to cut greenhouse gases and pollutants

    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 […]
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    24 March 2021

    Germany close to miss key chance to slash toxic industrial pollution

    The Bundesrat vote on industrial emission limits is the country’s second opportunity to protect public health and lead Europe by example. On March 26th the German […]
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    14 April 2021

    Money for nothing? Commission set to release first findings on golden handshake to German lignite

    PRESS BRIEFING   What is happening? As part of its coal phase-out, Germany promised multi-billion Euro payouts to lignite operators for closing their plants. On 2 […]
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    30 April 2021

    One year of European Commission inaction on the illegal Turów coal mine

    Polish utility PGE will have operated its sprawling Turów lignite mine illegally for one year this coming Saturday 1 May, despite the European Commission confirming that […]
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    6 May 2021

    German government and Green regions are letting the lignite industry decide on air pollution standards for power plants

    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 […]
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    21 May 2021

    European Court of Justice orders halt to operations at controversial Polish mine

    LUXEMBOURG, 21 May 2021 – The European Court of Justice has ruled that mining at Poland’s sprawling Turów coal mine must cease while the court processes […]
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    9 June 2021

    European Commission sides with citizens in landmark cross-border anti-coal court case

    The European Commission will join the Czech Republic in the legal dispute against Poland concerning the controversial Turów mine [1], which is depleting water resources and […]
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    17 August 2021

    Four years of unnecessary pollution: EU governments fail to curb emissions from most toxic plants

    PRESS BRIEFING Most lignite plants in the EU have waited until the very last minute to implement pollution-control technologies that were available and economically viable already […]
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