Lobbying watered down EU pollution rules, Greenpeace says

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UK among several member states allowing industry lobbyists to draw up regulations that are now weaker than China's, group alleges

Europe's new air quality rules have been so weakened by lobbying from polluting industries they are "significantly weaker" than those in China, Greenpeace has said. The campaign group today released...

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