Category Archives: Airports

UECNA speaks at Noise Conference

Noise Conference, 24 April 2017, Brussels, Belgium About the conference Prolonged exposure to road, railway and aircraft traffic noise can cause sleep disturbance and annoyance. This can lead to serious health effects such as cardiovascular diseases. In the European Union, more than 120 million people suffer from noise levels that are considered to have a negative effect […]

Pollution – A warning from the European Commission

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] NO2 pollutant is a serious health risk France, Germany, the United-Kingdom, Italy and Spain failed to put into action plans efficient enough to reduce the emissions of nitrogen dioxyde – NO2. This pollutant is a serious health risk! If road traffic appears guilty in the Commission’s press release, in our opinion, the efforts should also […]

Climate change impact stops Vienna airport expansion

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is a very innovative decision regarding aviation : an administrative court in Austria forbids the construction of the 3rd runway at Vienna airport; the negative environmental impact is by far more important that the positive impact of a new runway. No doubt we will have to wait for the appeal court decision. Residents […]
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