UK Draft Air Quality Plan: Your need to know guide

Michael Holder
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Defra has finally unleashed its plan for bringing the UK into line with legal limits for air pollution - BusinessGreen takes a look at the key measures

After much legal wrangling and last-ditch attempts to delay its release, the government today finally published its draft Air Quality Plan aimed at cutting air pollution across the UK. The 86-page document...

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