The 15 European Union (EU) members which pledged to curb greenhouse gases by an overall eight percent under the UN's Kyoto Protocol are on track to beat the target, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Thursday. Under the 1997 Protocol, the EU-15 promised as a whole to reduce ...

Half of urban Europe endures noise pollution from road, rail and air traffic loud enough to disrupt sleep, impair learning and trigger hypertension at night, according to a report released. More than 41 million people in cities of at least 250,000 people from 19 countries that submitted road transport ...

Half of urban Europe endures noise pollution from road, rail and air traffic loud enough to disrupt sleep, impair learning and trigger hypertension at night, according to a report released. More than 41 million people in cities of at least 250,000 people from 19 countries that submitted road transport ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union emissions of global warming gases fell for a fourth straight year in 2008, mostly caused by lower industrial activity due to economic recession, EU data showed on Monday. The main reasons for the reductions were lower carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the energy ...