New report by CREA shows major health benefits of reducing emissions from power plants, industry, and agriculture in Europe. The report finds that Europe’s industrial pollution regulation has been weakened through weak standards, loopholes, and a permitting culture that only enforces the most lenient limits. The report highlights major health benefits related to the decrease in emissions, especially the reduction in power plant and industrial NOx and SO2 emissions, as well as ammonia emissions from agriculture.
The report calls for improvements to agricultural practices to reduce ammonia emissions and for a revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive to address the shortcomings of the current system.
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Read more from the report: https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/upgrading-europes-air-how-a-strong-industrial-emissions-directive-can-save-lives-and-money/
