{"id":548,"date":"2018-06-26T03:40:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T00:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/air4health.eu\/?p=548"},"modified":"2018-06-26T03:40:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T00:40:44","slug":"second-hand-diesels-a-predictable-ecocalamity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/air4health.eu\/en\/second-hand-diesels-a-predictable-ecocalamity\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-hand diesels - a predictable ecocalamity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span title=\"The air pollution crisis, caused by automakers&#039; manipulation of emissions rules, has left cities with no choice but to launch bans on diesel cars: Paris, Madrid, Oslo, Amsterdam, Athens and Rome are among those planning to\">The air pollution crisis caused by the manipulation of car manufacturers' emission rules has left cities no choice but to start bans on diesel cars: Paris, Madrid, Oslo, Amsterdam, Athens and Rome are among those who plan<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"similar prohibitions.\">similar prohibitions. <\/span><span title=\"This is leading to a trend away from diesel cars in these countries.\">This leads to a tendency to get rid of diesel cars in these countries.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Last year alone, Bulgaria imported over 100,000 second-hand cars from the EU-28 countries, over a third of which had highly polluting diesel engines (table above)\">Only last year Bulgaria imported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportenvironment.org\/sites\/te\/files\/publications\/2nd%20hand%20diesels%20BG%20briefing%20final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 100,000 second-hand cars<\/a> from the EU-28 countries, over one third of which have highly polluting diesel engines (table above)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"The flood of cheap, unrefurbished, used diesel engines will simply push the air pollution problem eastwards, and not solving it, exacerbates the existing air quality problem in eastern Europe.\">The flow of inexpensive, unmodified, used diesel engines will simply displace the air pollution problem to the east, and the failure to resolve it, deepens the air quality problem in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"There is a clear need for joint European measures to avoid dumping of polluting diesel cars in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe.\">There is an obvious need for joint European measures to avoid dumping of polluting diesel cars in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. <\/span><span title=\"This goes against the principle of the single market and the spirit of its product rules - all EU citizens have the same right to clean air.\">This is contrary to the principle of the single market and the spirit of its product rules - all EU citizens have the same right to clean air. <\/span><span title=\"The flow of old polluting diesel engines must be limited in a way that protects the environment and public health and is consistent with single market rules.\">The flow of old polluting diesel engines must be limited in a way that protects the environment and public health and complies with the rules of the single market.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The air pollution crisis caused by the manipulation of car manufacturers' emission rules has left cities no choice but to start bans on diesel cars: Paris, Madrid, Oslo, Amsterdam, Athens and Rome are among those who plan similar prohibitions. 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