Posted on 05/17/2018 1:59:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Commission said Thursday it is taking Germany, France, the United Kingdom and three other EU countries to court for failing to comply with the bloc’s air quality standards.
The Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, gave the six, also including Italy, Hungary and Romania, a last chance in January to take the required steps to improve air quality after years of warnings. However, EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella told a press conference in Brussels the six, which include Europe’s top four economies, had not acted quickly enough. […]
Vella had also given Spain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia a last chance in January to start complying with EU standards and decided to give them a reprieve. […]
In January, the nine countries were found to regularly exceed emissions limits set to protect Europeans against particulate matter and azote dioxide, both pollutants. The EU estimates that air pollution costs the bloc €20 billion a year in health costs, but says this could be reduced if member states comply with agreed emissions limits.
Throughout the EU, fine particulates — small particles of pollution — were responsible for three out of four premature pollution deaths (399,000 out of 487,600) in 2014, according to EU figures. …
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Germany, France and UK, you need to come with a
couple of billion dollars for Al Gore's bank account.
They did the same over at Deutsche Welle too.
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