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Joint letter I MEPs crucial vote on the revision of car CO2 reduction targets

by European Public Health Alliance | May 5, 2022 | #CleanAirHealthyCities, #EU4Health, Clean Air | Latest Developments, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal

This article has been updated on May 30th, 2022. On 30 May, a group of over 50 NGOs from across Europe have co-signed a letter addressed to MEPs ahead of their vote on car and van CO2 laws on June 7. They appeal for higher CO2 targets for carmakers as a mean to speed...

EPHA joins calls for decision-makers to put vans on a zero-emission path

by Matteo Barisione | Mar 10, 2022 | #CleanAirHealthyCities, Clean Air | Latest Developments

Air quality in Europe is still a health and environmental issue, as the recent report from Clean Cities Campaign has shown. No major European city is developing enough non-polluting forms of transport by 2030, threatening to undermine the health of its citizens. One...

“Not even close”: healthy transport in European cities is still a dream, not reality

by Matteo Barisione | Feb 24, 2022 | #CleanAirHealthyCities, Clean Air | Latest Developments

According to a new study published today, no major European city is developing enough non-polluting forms of transport by 2030, threatening to undermine the health of its citizens. This disappointing situation in 36 major cities was revealed in a report released by...

Improving air quality can decrease the health costs of epidemics, say researchers

by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 11, 2022 | Clean Air | Latest Developments

Air pollution remains the biggest environmental health risk in Europe and continues to be a major cause of premature death and disease. Yet, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw a temporary increase in air quality as a result of lockdowns enforced to...

Clean Air in Bulgaria: mayor of Sofia paid lawyers to prove the municipality is not responsible for the smog in the city

by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 28, 2021 | Clean Air | Latest Developments

Guest article by Reneta Ilieva, International Projects’ Coordinator, BAPDThe mayor of Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, has approved the payment of BGN 108,000 (€ 55 192) to a law firm to represent the Sofia Municipality in the case against dirty air in Sofia, filed...

Air pollution in Italian cities: critical aspects and proposals

by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 11, 2021 | Clean Air | Latest Developments

By Paolo Crosignani, ISDE scientific committee, Associazione Medici per l’Ambiente – ISDE ItaliaIn the framework of Medicals Environment Days, organized by the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Italian section (ISDE), a webinar on Air...