US EditionThe Large Spanish Cities Are Far From Meeting the New Pollution Limits
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The pollution by NO2 in Spanish cities remains a serious public health problem. According to data collected by Ecologistas en Acción, all the large and medium-sized cities analyzed exceeded in 2025 the new annual limit set by the European Union, which highlights the failure of current urban policies to reduce the impact of traffic on air quality. This gas, generated mainly by road traffic and burning fossil fuels, is one of the most persistent p…
The large Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza, Valencia, Bilbao, Málaga...) exceeded in 2025 the new annual limit value established by the EU for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a harmful substance thrown into the air mainly by combustion vehicles.The cities have the obligation to comply with these new limits as soon as possible, with a deadline of 1 January 2030 although the specialists demand that they begin to act now, with…
Spanish cities have significantly reduced pollution by nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but are far from meeting the new levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution approved by the European Union by 2030, values that are more in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), although still to be transposed in Spain. According to provisional data collected by Ecologists in Action from official air quality control stations of about twenty m…
Madrid, Malaga, Granada and Barcelona have the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), according to a report by Ecologists in Action All major capitals, including Seville, are above the new NO2 limit demanded by Europe for
With 30 micrograms per cubic metre of nitrogen dioxide air, it is the third most polluted city in the entire country Granada, one of the most polluted cities in Spain.
Four Andalusian cities: Malaga, Granada, Seville and Cordoba are among the fifteen most polluted and exceed the limit of nitrogen dioxide in the air established by the European Union.Main themes: AndalusiaRead full article
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