News » EEA blames big livestock farms for ammonia emission violations

30.09.2017

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The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a summary report on atmospheric emissions (2015 data), reporting under the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), showingthat three Member States (Germany, Spain, Sweden) and the EU (total)exceeded ammonia emission ceilings. EU total emissions for sulphurdioxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic carbons were below theceilings. The EEA states that agriculture produces 94% of EU ammoniaemissions, and that the 5% largest farms produce 80% of total EU ammoniaemissions.


"Air pollution from agriculture: ammonia exceeds emission limits in 2015", European Environment Agency 2017, www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/air-pollution-from-agriculture-ammonia

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