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The European Parliament has approved strict new national limits on major pollutants to be met by 2030. The limits are expected to halve the number of premature deaths caused by air pollution each year, estimated at 400,000 in the EU.

MEPs today voted:

• To include ammonia and methane, two pollutants largely emitted from agriculture. MEPs voted to exempt enteric methane (emitted from ruminant animals’ belches).

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