Updated: EU Court tells UK to clean up toxic air pollution

Jessica Shankleman
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Court of Justice says UK government must comply with law over NO2 pollution and meet legal limits by 2015

The UK has today come under fresh pressure to ban the most polluting diesel cars, after a European court ruled the government must comply with legal air quality rules by 1 January 2015 at the latest...

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