EU targets ‘zero pollution’ by 2050 to curb premature deaths

The European Union’s executive arm laid out plans to drastically cut pollution levels across the bloc, potentially eliminating more than 70% of the 300,000 premature deaths annually over the next decade.

The measures announced Wednesday by the European Commission include an overhaul of the bloc’s air-pollution regulation, in an effort to bring the EU closer to guidelines laid out by the World Health Organization. That includes a target…