Driving bans in France: increase up to 1800% expected!
Paris 83 instead of 10, Marseille 89 instead of 5, Lyon 108 instead of 14. This is how many days with temporary driving bans will be in France from 2021.
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Climate killer: emissions scandal with plug-in hybrids
The vehicles emit up to 12 times more CO2 than the manufacturers claim. Some experts suspect cut-off devices which deliberately make the measured values appear low.
Environmental zones save 60,000 lives each year
Significantly fewer people in Europe die as a result of air pollution. Driving bans and cleaner cars contribute to this improvement.
Fight against fine dust: Stuttgart stops expensive waste of money
Wet cleaning of the street of the fine dust hotspot Neckarktor was intended to remove the dangerous particles from the ground. Now the city is stopping this pointless measure.
Shock: Study shows fine dust in children
According to a study from Strasbourg, children who live near busy roads have millions of particles of ultra-fine dust in their urine. Now there are calls for more and stricter environmental zones.
EURO 7: Overkill for diesel and petrol engines
The new Euro norm is expected to be on the roads in 2025 and could thus ban many existing burners from European roads
Citizen Science Festival 2020: Green Zones was there!
Research and sustainable development were the focus of this year's Citizen Science Festival 2020 at the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. Various international and national citizen research projects were presented, among others on the topics of air quality, light pollution and plastic avoidance.
Motorcycle scoop: Greens plan Germany-wide noise protection zone!
The motion submitted to the Bundestag is intended to prevent driving bans, but the new regulations would mean the end for thousands of motorbikes.
Diesel driving bans in Frankfurt are coming!
After much to and fro, it's as good as certain that Frankfurt will become the second city in the state of Hesse to have diesel driving bans.
16 new measuring stations in NRW
The organisation Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) is taking the matter seriously and will be commissioning a total of 16 new measuring stations for nitrogen oxide measurements in North Rhine-Westphalia.
