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President Áder calls for curbs on transport emissions
The president said transport emissions have grown significantly in the EU and Hungary over the past 30 years even as total carbon emissions have fallen.
The president said transport emissions have grown significantly in the EU and Hungary over the past 30 years even as total carbon emissions have fallen.
President János Áder has written to his Ukrainian and Romanian counterparts complaining about large quantities of plastic bottles and other waste coming into Hungary via the Tisza and Szamos rivers....
The government will take steps to clean rivers and protect Hungary’s waters from pollution from abroad, and ten new trees will be planted for every new-born in the country.
The EC cited floods as the biggest environmental problem along the Danube and Tisza rivers, while air pollution was named the main challenge in Budapest and other parts of Hungary