{"id":2006,"date":"2015-04-29T10:57:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:59:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:59:42","slug":"copenhagen-vienna-and-zurich-best-at-tackling-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/04\/copenhagen-vienna-and-zurich-best-at-tackling-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen, Vienna and Z\u00fcrich best at tackling air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(ELTIS) &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cities of Copenhagen (Denmark), Vienna (Austria) and Z\u00fcrich (Switzerland) are the top-ranking cities in Europe for efforts to reduce air pollution.\u00a0In an evaluation carried out by the <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.sootfreecities.eu\/contact\">Soot Free Cities campaign<\/span>, 23 cities from across Europe were evaluated according to nine criteria.<\/p>\n<p>These included technical measures such as low-emission 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