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Air pollution: agriculture and transport emissions continue to pose problems in meeting agreed limits

News Published 09 Jul 2018 Last modified 16 Aug 2018

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Emissions from agriculture and transport continue to pose problems for European Union Member States in meeting EU and United Nations air pollution limits, according to updated data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today. While emissions of most air pollutants remain on a downward trend, ammonia emissions continued to rise in 2016.