Category Archives: France

UK, Germany and France lobbying for weakened cap on toxic car pollution 

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

MEPs outraged as biggest three European countries push for watered down nitrogen oxide targets ahead of crucial EU vote Europe’s biggest countries are lobbying for a proposed EU cap on nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution from cars to be weakened in … Continue reading →

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Mapped: Europe’s Pollution Problem 

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Volkswagen emissions-testing scandal has put renewed focus on traffic pollution in European cities. Check nitrogen dioxide levels across Europe. Air pollution in many European cities has fallen thanks to stricter environmental rules over the past decade. But cities still … Continue reading →

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Paris’s first attempt at car-free day brings big drop in air and noise pollution 

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Vehicle ban, applied to just 30% of French capital, showed encouraging results – but new report says nation has far to go Paris’s “day without cars” last week led to such a dramatic drop in both air and noise pollution … Continue reading →

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Air pollution costing French economy 100bn a year

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution cost is ‘€100bn a year’ AIR pollution is costing the French economy almost €100billion a year – about a third of Greece’s debt – according to a report by senators due to be published later today. The study, … Continue reading →

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European air pollution exceeds legal limits

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The human toll for poor air quality is worse than for road traffic accidents, with air pollution responsible for more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU each year. (Source: European Environment Agency – EEA). Read on to find out … Continue reading →

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Many European countries’ air pollutant emissions above legal limits

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollutant emissions in the EU continue to exceed legal limits, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today. Preliminary data for 2013 shows that ten EU Member States exceeded one or more of their emission … Continue reading →

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Diesel legislation wars set to drag on

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The European Union’s newly agreed diesel emissions test plan is a groundbreaking one, as for the first time it seeks to take regulatory testing of vehicles out of the laboratory and on to real roads. It’s a move that looks … Continue reading →

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Large chunk of the river Seine’s Right Bank to be cut off to cars in Paris

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

After reclaiming Left Bank from motorists, Paris’ Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo says chunk of highway along river Seine’s Right Bank will be pedestianised by the summer of 2016 Anne Hidalgo, Paris’ Socialist mayor, has unveiled plans to cut off a … Continue reading →

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