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Behind closed doors: Air quality in buildings - 15 June 2011 - LinksDossier

Restrictions on tobacco smoke and the Asbestos scandal have put indoor air quality under the spotlight in the recent past, resulting in tough policies to stop damage to human health. While tobacco continues to be the biggest health culprit, nowadays attention is also turning to "chemical cocktails," toxic fumes from heating and cooking, and damp and mould caused by poor ventilation.

EU tightens air pollution limits for trucks - 17 December 2008 - News

The European Parliament's adoption of the so-called Euro VI regulation on the exhaust emission standards of heavy vehicles will force new lorries and buses sold in Europe to meet stricter air pollution limits by 2014.

MEPs suggest leniency on air pollution caps for trucks - 17 July 2008 - News

The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted in favour of slightly watering down limits on nitrogen oxide emissions from trucks and buses, saying too tough a target would simply make it harder for them to cut their CO2 emissions.

EU eyes tighter air-pollution caps for heavy vehicles - 17 July 2007 - News

By the end of 2007, trucks and buses could be faced with costly plans from the Commission to reduce harmful emissions, such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.

Euro 5 emissions standards for cars - 31 May 2007 - LinksDossier

The EU has adopted strict new caps on pollutant emissions from diesel and petrol cars, limiting in particular nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) which pose the most serious health and environmental problems.

MEPs allow SUVs extra time to cut noxious fumes - 14 December 2006 - News

The Parliament has approved more cuts on cars' harmful pollutants emissions, but environmentalists maintain that the new standards will still be too weak.

Up in the air: EU ambient air quality standards - 25 October 2006 - News

EU lawmakers look set to clash over the ambient air quality directive next year after the Council took an opposite view from the Parliament's. The proposal is linked to future emissions standards for cars (Euro 5) to be agreed in November.

MEPs push back new EU car-pollution limits - 19 September 2006 - News

The Parliament’s environment committee agreed to new rules on car pollution that will effectively delay until 2011 carmakers’ obligation to further cut emissions of harmful air pollutants from new vehicles.

MEPs want tight, yet flexible air quality rules - 22 June 2006 - News

Limit values on pollution caused by vehicle fuel exhausts and agriculture could be tightened if the EP follows the opinion of its environment committee in September. Environmentalists say the new limits are "a smokescreen".

EEA: Traffic-related pollution "alarming" in EU cities - 24 March 2006 - News

New data from the European Environment Agency reveals air pollution limit values were frequently exceeded at street level and in urban hotspots during the year 2000.

Commission tightens up car pollution limits - 22 December 2005 - News

New 'Euro 5' emissions limits tabled by Brussels on 21 December would require that automakers fit particle filters on diesel cars. Four wheel drives (SUVs) are now included in the new draft rules.

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