24/06/2020 (Agence Europe) – Due to the lifting of confinement measures, air pollution in European capitals is returning, at different rates, to the levels observed before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said in a new report on Wednesday 24 June. According to this independent research centre, Paris experienced the highest increase in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, followed by Brussels and Bucharest, with an increase of 120% compared to the “purest” 30-day confinement period. This was a fairly logical result, since these cities had experienced a particularly large initial reduction in NO2 levels. Despite this increase, all the cities included in the report, except Budapest, remain for the time being below pre-Covid-19 air pollution levels. See report: https://bit.ly/3duPomk (DG)