europe pollution Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Europe Air Pollution Drastically Reduced, EEA Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/europe-air-pollution-reduced-20130320/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/europe-air-pollution-reduced-20130320/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:53:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35094 According to a report published by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) earlier this week, eight European Union countries have gone under the air pollution standards in 2011. Four countries: Denmark, Malta , the Netherlands and Sweden, managed to reduce their pollution levels and bring it below the authorized levels. In theory, countries that exceed the limits […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/europe-air-pollution-reduced-20130320/feed/ 0 35094 EU Scandal: Car Makers Fake Emission Tests, Official Report Claims https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-car-makers-fake-emission-tests-20130212/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-car-makers-fake-emission-tests-20130212/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:58:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33074 A new car industry scandal is about to get born in Europe, as it’s been found that car manufacturers are usually exaggerating the emission figures of their new cars. The finding is attributed to the European Commission and the study has been carried out by Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), British-based AEA Ricardo and […]

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