EU ROUNDUP
June 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLALTHOUGH petrol and diesel consumption rose by 45 per cent in the European Union between 1985 and 1998, technological improvements meant pollution actually fell during this time, a study from Eurostat has claimed.Between 1980 and 1998, the EU witnessed a 25 per cent drop in nitrogen oxides and non-methane volatile organic compound emissions, for which road transport is largely responsible. There were wide variations nationally, with NOx pollution actually growing by one per cent in Ireland, compared with a drop of 49 per cent in Germany.There were ...
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