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National emissions reported to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention): Data on emissions of air pollutants submitted to the LRTAP Convention and copied to EEA and ETC/ACC
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Emissions of primary and secondary fine particles (EU-15), 1990-2002: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Emissions of primary and secondary fine particulates (ktonnes) 1990-2004 (EU-15): Related to CSI003 fig
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Emissions of primary and secondary fine particles (EU-15): Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Change in PM10 emissions for each sector 1990-2008 (EEA member countries): Percentage change in primary PM10 particulate matter emissions for each sector between 1990 and 2008.
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Emissions of primary particulate matter and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Oct 2010: Total emissions of primary PM10 particulate matter have reduced by 21% across the EEA-32 region between 1990 and 2008, driven by a 29% reduction in emissions of the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) fraction; emissions of particulates between 2.5 and 10 µm have risen slightly over the same period. Of this reduction in PM10 emissions, 48% has taken place in the 'Energy Production and Distribution' sector due to the fuel-switching from coal to natural gas for electricity generation and improvements in the performance of pollution abatement equipment installed at industrial facilities.
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Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Oct 2005: Total EU-15 emissions of fine particles were reduced by 39% between 1990 and 2002. This was due mainly to reduction in emissions of the secondary particulate precursors, but also to reductions in primary PM 10 emissions from energy industries.
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Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Dec 2006: Total EU-15 emissions of fine particles were reduced by 45% between 1990 and 2004. This was due mainly to reduction in emissions of the secondary particulate precursors, but also to reductions in primary PM10 emissions from energy industries. Total EU-10 emissions of fine particles were reduced by 55% between 1990 and 2004
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Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Mar 2008: Aggregated emissions of primary particles (PM 10 ) and secondary particulate precursors (NO x , SO 2 , NH 3 ) were reduced by 45% across the EEA member countries between 1990 and 2005 (Figure 1). This was mainly due to the reduction in emissions of the secondary particulate precursors which were reduced by 45% during this period, but also due to reductions in primary PM 10 emissions from energy industries, due to the move away from coal to natural gas for electricity generation and improvements in the performance of particulate abatement equipment at coal-fired power stations. Total EU-15 emissions of fine particles were reduced by 46% between 1990 and 2005 (Figure 2) with the highest decrease in the energy industry sector which reduced its emissions by 65% during this period. Between 1990 and 2005, total new EU-12 emissions of fine particulate matter were reduced by 54% (Figure 3) mainly due to reductions achieved in the industry and energy sectors which reduced their emissions by 70% and 60%, respectively.
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Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Dec 2008: Total emissions of primary particulate matter (PM 10 ) and secondary particulate precursors (nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) and ammonia (NH 3 )) have reduced by 44% across the EEA-32 region between 1990 and 2006. Of this reduction, 43% has taken place in the 'energy industries' sector due to the fuel-switching from coal to natural gas for electricity generation and improvements in the performance of pollution abatement equipment installed at industrial facilities. Emissions of primary PM 10 particulate matter make only a small contribution to total particulate matter formation - 13% in 2006. The majority of particulate matter is formed from emissions of the secondary particulate precursors. Of the particulate-forming pollutants, reductions of SO 2 that have taken place since 1990 have accounted for 60% of the overall reduction in particulate emissions, with NO x accounting for a further 30% of the observed reduction. The reduction in emissions of primary particles has accounted for only 6% of the overall reduction.
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