World Environment Day is an important day celebrated annually on June 5 to raise awareness of environmental issues and promote action to protect the environment. This day was established in 1972 at the first World Environment Conference and has since been supported by many countries around the world.
Every year: New Year's Day, the day when the smell of sulphur is still in the air and grey smears cover the sky. Rubbish and soot everywhere on the streets, damaged cars here and there.
In order to cope with road traffic - in view of the expected increase during the upcoming summer holidays - the country has decided to impose driving bans on trucks over 16 tonnes again this year. From Friday to Sunday, as well as on public holidays, freight traffic will only be able to continue undisturbed during certain time windows.
Attention, truck drivers! Due to a public holiday in Italy, there are some changes this week that you should be aware of. The Federal Ministry for Climate Protection is taking measures to regulate heavy goods traffic in Tyrol with driving bans and closures. So be prepared to exercise patience once again!
In addition to the existing strict environmental zone, an additional truck driving ban and four block clearance days on tomorrow's public holiday are planned for the Ascension week in Tyrol. Additional driving bans on main and secondary roads in the region are also planned for the coming months to dose traffic. Long traffic jams are to be expected in the Inn Valley and the rest of Tyrol.
The new year is barely a few days old, but already there are important changes in the environmental zones in many European cities. Because in the coming year, cities and municipalities are again planning to reduce traffic through low emission zone regulations and thus to control vehicle emissions more strongly. Green-Zones® lists the new rules for January.
Despite extremely high pollution levels, filter obligations and environmental zone regulations could soon disappear from the federal state. Deutsche Umwelthilfe accuses the state government of deliberately worsening air quality.
Fireworks contributed more than feared to particulate matter pollution on New Year's Eve weekend - as well as causing losses to humans and animals. Is it time to introduce bans on the sale and use of pyrotechnics?
After two years of restricted fireworks, pyro fans can bang again tomorrow on New Year's Eve without restrictions. Unfortunately, this is not always without losses - for people, animals and the environment.
Due to the German National Day on 3 October, a special ban on lorries will also be imposed in Austria and southern Tyrol.
