by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 27, 2018 | Opinion
Despite the thousands of words which have been written about Dieselgate, the effect on our health and the magnitude of the health costs of diesel pollution is still under-reported and too few actions have been taken to rectify the damage caused by this serious breach...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 29, 2018 | Opinion
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are high on the EU agenda following the recent adoption of the reflection paper “Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030 by the European Commission’s SDG multi-stakeholder platform chaired by Frans Timmermans. The...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 26, 2018 | Statements
Ahead of the 3rd October Plenary vote on ‘Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles’, EPHA is calling on Members of the European Parliament to follow the political compromise reached at the ENVI committee...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 11, 2018 | News Release, Statements
Today (11/09/2018), the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has launched a Special Report “Air Pollution: Our health still insufficiently protected” which examines the impact of EU action on tackling air pollution. The Auditors highlight that the EU Commission estimated...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2018 | Opinion
Air pollution presents the most severe environmental risk to human health. While the Bulgarian EU Presidency designated air quality improvement one of its top environmental priorities, including it on the agenda of the European Environment Ministers’ informal Council...