EU AIRPORTS TO FACE TOUGHER AIR POLLUTION LIMITS
December 1st, 2016
EUROPEAN Union (EU) airports will have to prepare for tougher air pollution limits by 2030, with the European Parliament agreeing new caps on a range of pollutants. A new directive, which has been agreed with EU ministers, would impose reduction commitments on member states for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), and fine particulates (less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter). If followed, the health impacts of these pollutants would be reduced by 50%, said the parliament. UK conservative MEP ...
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