Air pollution causes €600 billion in losses each year in the European Union – equal to 4% of annual GDP. Implementing clean air measures boosts economic growth by €50 billion to €60 billion every year, according to Bruegel’s new analysis.
Pollution · Patrick Collison
Air pollution is a very big deal. Its adverse effects on numerous health outcomes and general mortality are widely documented. However, our understanding of its cognitive costs is more recent and those costs are almost certainly still significantly under-emphasized. For example, cognitive effects are not mentioned in most EPA materials.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
Européennes 2024 : des enjeux cruciaux pour le climat
Les candidats aux élections européennes sont-ils prêts à honorer l’objectif de réduction de 55 % des émissions dans l’UE ? C’est dans ces termes qu’il conviendrait d’organiser le débat public.
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The numbers are simply mind-blowing: up to £264 billion for a climate “solution” that will increase emissions. Has the government lost its mind?
Air Pollution and the Public Health Costs of AI
A new study by Caltech and UC Riverside uncovers the hidden toll that AI exacts on health throughout its lifecycle, from chip manufacturing to data center operation.
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L'écologie sacrifiée sur l'autel des règles budgétaires européennes
La discussion budgétaire, focalisée sur la réduction de la dette, ne répond pas aux besoins d’investissements urgents pour la transition écologique et sociale.…
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Its an open, dirty secret, swept under the rug by environmentally conscious and climate-denying consumers alike. Rich and poor want the best deals on low cost polluting, whether its cheap air fares or a nice price on a Lear Jet. Low cost polluting in myriad ways is ever-present, guaranteed to be
Each day a cruise ship emits as much pollution as a million cars
'Each day a cruise ship emits as much particulate matter as a million cars'
Animal Agriculture Costs More In Health Damage Than It Contributes To The Economy
As with the climate, the chief culprit is meat and dairy. But when it comes to particulate pollution, the worst offender is poultry.
La revanche économique de l’Europe du Sud
La croissance de la Grèce et de l’Espagne devrait être supérieure à 2 % cette année, alors que l’économie de l’Allemagne stagne et que le PIB français progresse difficilement.
Peut-on mesurer les émissions des riches ?
Et si oui, doit-on le faire ?
The Distributional Effects of Low Emission Zones: Who Benefits from Cleaner Air?
Low emission zones (LEZs) are a key instrument for improving air quality in cities, but it remains unclear how their air-quality benefits are distributed. We study 58 LEZs implemented in Germany since 2008 and decompose their benefit incidence along three margins: policy exposure, heterogeneous treatment effects, and monetary valuation assumptions. Using high-resolution spatial pollution concentration and socio-economic data in a difference-in-differences design, we document systematic differences in estimated PM2.5 reductions across neighborhoods. Within LEZs, residents with a German name origin experience larger reductions in PM2.5 concentration. Residents with a foreign name origin, however, are substantially more likely to live in LEZ areas, resulting in larger average air-quality improvements from a nationwide perspective. Across income groups, low-income residents experience larger pollution reductions and a disproportionately large share of the monetized benefits within LEZs. Nationwide, however, benefit incidence is close to proportional, again due to offsetting policy exposure. Overall, these findings suggest that place-based environmental policy can have nuanced distributional implications across population groups and depend jointly on the three distributional effect margins we identify.
Cyclists 'exposed to less air pollution than drivers' on busy routes
Study shows people in cars and buses spend longer in toxic air, as do walkers on main roads
Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increase in violent crime
Dirty air may be even more dangerous than previously thought
Windfall Profit Taxes in the EU: Design and Revenues for Effective Implementation
Commodity-price shocks generate exceptional profits for oil and gas companies while raising costs for households and businesses. Taxing these gains can finance targeted relief and the energy transition with limited effects on investment incentives. However, the experience of the 2022 EU solidarity contribution exposed weaknesses in temporary measures, including narrow tax bases, profit shifting and legal disputes.