Tag: Airlines

  • AIR POLLUTION FROM EUROPE’S PLANES SET TO RISE BY NEARLY HALF

    AIR POLLUTION FROM EUROPE’S PLANES SET TO RISE BY NEARLY HALF

    Air pollution from planes in Europe is to rise by nearly half in the next 2 decades, according to the EU’s first aviation environment report. Aircraft emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are linked to lung damage, doubled since 1990 and are forecast to rise 43% by 2035. Airlines have reduced their planes’ NOx emissions…