{"id":130176,"date":"2024-05-06T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/personal-freedom-vs-greater-good-low-emission-zones-show-eus-impact-on-our-everyday-lives\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T05:00:44","slug":"personal-freedom-vs-greater-good-low-emission-zones-show-eus-impact-on-our-everyday-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/personal-freedom-vs-greater-good-low-emission-zones-show-eus-impact-on-our-everyday-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Personal freedom\u2019 vs \u2018greater good\u2019: Low emission zones show EU\u2019s impact on our everyday lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130176\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe European Green Deal and other buzzwords are talked about a lot in the Brussels bubble, but how do these things actually affect EU citizens in their everyday lives? The European elections are approaching and with them the usual hand-wringing about a lack of interest from the electorate. The European Union is a behemoth, involved in so many things that even the biggest political enthusiasts find it difficult to keep track.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to June\u2019s elections, expect to see slick campaigns from the institutions and politicians making speeches telling you why you should vote. But sometimes, breaking down a simple example can be the most effective way to highlight the EU\u2019s impact on our lives. One example of an EU initiative that affects the majority of Europeans can be found in the transport and organisation of our cities.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve travelled through Europe in recent years it\u2019s likely you\u2019ve come across brightly coloured circular stickers on car windshields. The small vignettes are becoming increasingly common and show the environmental status of a vehicle to prove that the owner has permission to drive in the area. They\u2019re a part of low emission zone schemes that aim to keep the most polluting cars out of the city to improve air quality. Usually, this is done by charging a fee for these vehicles (which are mostly older cars) to enter or just banning them outright. Many of these zones are funded by the EU and have come as a consequence of EU legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Low emissions zones have also become a political battleground in some member states with \u2018personal freedom\u2019 pitted against the \u2018common good\u2019. \u201cThe narrative has been hijacked,\u201d says Carmen Duce, the Spanish coordinator of the Clean Cities Campaign. She says despite opposition, the science is clear &#8211; people\u2019s quality of life can be improved by low emission zones.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/04\/personal-freedom-vs-greater-good-low-emission-zones-show-eus-impact-on-our-everyday-lives\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/04\/personal-freedom-vs-greater-good-low-emission-zones-show-eus-impact-on-our-everyday-lives\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/personal-freedom-vs-greater-good-low-emission-zones-show-eus-impact-on-our-everyday-lives\/\">\u2018Personal freedom\u2019 vs \u2018greater good\u2019: Low emission zones show EU\u2019s impact on our everyday lives<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,14407],"class_list":["post-130176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-eu-green-deal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}