Editorial: Acid News celebrates 30 years! Today it goes without saying that countries have to cooperate and take action in order to resolve transboundary environmental problems, but this was far from obvious for most countries only a few decades ago. Read more
China: New emission standards for power plants China’s new emission standards for power plants are comparable to, and in some cases even stricter than, current standards in the EU and the United States. Read more
Progress in EU air policy review Next year the Commission is to present an updated EU clean air strategy. Scenarios for future air pollutant emissions indicate that these can be significantly cut by combining technical abatement measures with stricter climate policies. Read more
Finding climate policy for the agricultural sector A trading system for agricultural greenhouse gas emissions results in less leakage than emission caps or a tax on livestock, according to a new report by the EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). But the practical difficulties of trading with emissions from diffuse sources such as livestock and arable land are not even mentioned. Read more
Ten one-liners for air policy In politics, one-liners are in vogue because they bring the message back to the core. Nuances do not come across in a debate. The same seems to apply to air pollution policy. The multitude of information seems to paralyse policy, and not only in the Netherlands. So here are ten ‘one-liners’ for boosting air pollution policy, in the spirit of the Ten Commandments. Read more
Great benefits of NOx reductions in the North Sea The health benefits of establishing a North Sea NECA are up to seven times higher than the costs and would provide total annual net benefits to society of up to €1646 million in 2030. Read more
Slow steaming saves money and the climate Regulated speed reduction is a cost-effective and practical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from shipping. Read more
Energy Efficiency: A deal, but not a great one On Thursday June 14 all three branches of EU government reached agreement on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Formal adoption will be completed later this year. Read more
F-gases still a problem The production of fluorinated greenhouse gases in the EU has decreased in terms of tonnage, but since the proportion of gases with the highest global warming potentials (GWP) simultaneously has increased there is no reduction in the overall climate impact. Read more
New CO2 standards for cars and vans Carbon dioxide standards have pushed the auto industry to achieve the same efficiency improvements in the last three years as achieved in the previous eight years. The European Commission has now presented proposals on how standards can be tightened from 2020 and onwards. Read more
Ship emissions continue to increase While air pollutant emissions from land-based sources in Europe keep on slowly shrinking, some reductions are countered by rising emissions from international shipping. Read more
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