Alianza Mar Blava, Transport & Environment, Ecologistas en Acción of Catalonia and Plataforma por la Calidad del Aire have congratulated the Barcelona City Council and the Catalan Goverment for subscribing to the initiative in favour of the creation of an Emission Control Area (ECA) in the Mediterranean Sea (Med-ECA) to limit air pollution produced by[…]
The aim of CAPTOR project is to increase awareness of citizens and stakeholders on air pollution issue, with a specific focus on tropospheric ozone; through a participative air monitoring activity and the increased awareness, the project will improve local and regional policies at both rural and urban level, in order to manage better the air[…]
As a pioneer ruling in Spain, the High Court of Justice of Castile and León understands that the regional plans for the air quality are independent of the National Plan, whose inexistence cannot be used as an excuse not to act at the regional level. The sentence, which is a result of an Administrative action[…]
The Spanish government has failed to develop a plan to tackle dangerous ground-level ozone pollution, despite 85% of the population breathing air that threatens their health. Campaigners from Environmental group Ecologistas en Acción, which has taken a case against their government before the national court, came to Brussels last week to persuade members of the[…]
Valladolid applies the traffic restriction in the center of the city for three days to reduce the levels of this atmospheric pollutant. This is the only city council in the spanish state that applies this measure since approved last year. The polluting emissions of the motorized traffic of the main cities and highways of the[…]
More than 80 organisations took part in the III Congress of the III Catalan Enviromental Congress last february 16th, to address the future environmental challenges of Catalonia and influence in public policies. The 140 participants gathered in 6 workshops concluded 40 prominent challenges. Maria García from Ecologistas en Acción was responsible for the organization of[…]
We are happy to send around our second CAPTOR Newsletter. It provides insights into the highlights from the 2017 project activities! Download it here as captor_neewsletter02 (PDF Document). If you want to regularly receive news from us, sign up to the CAPTOR Newsletter.
The annual report on air pollution in the Italian cities More and more chronic smog emergency in Italy: unbreathable air in big cities with a “red code” for air quality in 2017, due to the high concentrations of fine particles and ozone. The report “Mal’Aria 2018 – Europe calls, Italy answers” on air pollution in[…]
This year, “Urban Ecosystem” was presented again: the ranking of sustainability among the 104 provincial capitals of the Italian province. The report, which came to the 24th edition, is one of Legambiente’s annual fixed appointment. For this 2017, and not the first time, a very varied picture of the situation emerges. There are a total[…]
The report on ozone pollution published today by Ecologists in Action concludes that 81% of the population and 87% of Spanish territory have been exposed this year to levels of ozone, exceeding the limits set by the World Health Organisation. The causes of this problem include: the prevailing meteorological conditions, climate change, the increase in[…]