Press Release: Environment: New rules on cleaner fuels for shipping will deliver benefits for people’s health

New environmental rules on marine fuels entering into force on 17 December 2012 will substantially reduce air pollution and its impacts on human health. Air pollutants from maritime shipping are transported over long distances and as a result contribute increasingly to the air quality problems in many European cities. Without any action, sulphur emissions from shipping in EU sea areas would exceed those from all land-based sources by 2020. The revised legislation will put an end to this trend reducing not only sulphur emissions but more importantly particulate matter, marking a clear step forward in protection of people's health and the environment.

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ESO: Background information: EU ministers back deep cuts in shipping fuel emissions http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ministers-back-deep-cuts-in-shipping-fuel-emissions/

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