EU: Cities and Air Pollution

From Deutsche Welle:  "Ministers and mayors have signed a pact to increase cities' efforts to tackle air pollution within the European Union. It comes as national European governments are poised to water down air pollution limits".

"Proposed stricter EU pollution limits are set to be blocked by the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Poland and a handful of other EU countries in a vote on Friday".


An epic Middle East heat wave could be global warming’s hellish curtain-raiser. Washington Post

"In coming decades, U.N. officials and climate scientists predict that the region’s mushrooming populations will face extreme water scarcity, temperatures almost too hot for human survival and other consequences of global warming".


Brussels sued over air pollution, EU Observer

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Dorset Echo, Letter: "Visitors less than impressed with 'Dirty Dorchester.'"