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Every breath we take – Signals 2013 focuses on air quality in Europe: Poor air quality can have serious impacts on our health and the environment. How is Europe’s air quality? What are the main sources of air pollutants? How do they affect our health and the environment? What does Europe do to improve air quality? The new edition of the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) Signals takes a closer look.
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Air pollution: breaches of legal limits continued through 2010 and 2011: Air pollutant emissions were above legal limits in eight Member States in 2011, preliminary data shows. In 2010, 12 Member States exceeded these limits, according to final official data reported under the European Union’s National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive.
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AirBase - Exchange of information: Location of stations for which 2011 air quality data for components O3, PM10, NO2, SO2, C6H6, PM2.5, Pb, CO have been reported. Observed concentration maps for which 2011 air quality data for components O3, PM10, NO2, SO2, C6H6, PM2.5, CO, BaP, Pb, Cd, As and Ni have been reported.
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Emissions of primary particulate matter and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Dec 2012: Total emissions of primary sub-10µm particulate matter (PM 10 ) have reduced by 26% across the EEA-32 region between 1990 and 2010, driven by a 28% reduction in emissions of the fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) fraction. Emissions of particulates between 2.5 and 10 µm have reduced by 21% over the same period; the difference of this trend to that of PM 2.5 is due to significantly increased emissions in the 2.5 to 10 µm fraction from 'Road transport' and 'Agriculture' (of 50% and 15% respectively) since 1990. Of this reduction in PM 10 emissions, 39% has taken place in the 'Energy Production and Distribution' sector due to factors including 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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Contribution to total change in PM10 emissions for each sector between 1990 and 2010 (EEA member countries): The contribution made by each sector to the total change in primary PM10 particulate matter emission between 1990 and 2010.
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Contribution to total change in PM2.5 emissions for each sector between 1990 and 2010 (EEA member countries): The contribution made by each sector to the total change in primary PM2.5 particulate matter emissions between 1990 and 2010.
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Change in PM10 emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2010 (EEA member countries): Percentage change in primary PM10 particulate matter emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2010.
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Change in PM2.5 emissions for each sector and pollutant 1990-2010 (EEA member countries): Percentage change in primary PM2.5 particulate matter emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2010.
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Sector contributions of emissions of primary particulate matter in 2010 (EEA member countries): The contribution made by different sectors to emissions of primary PM2.5 and PM10 in 2010.
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Percentage change in PM2.5 and PM10 emissions 1990-2010 (EEA member countries): The reported change in primary PM2.5 and PM10 particulate matter for each country, 1990-2010. The EU27 2020 Gothenburg national emission ceilings are also depicted in the chart.
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