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'So far off track': UK air pollution data prompts court action warning

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 19 March 2021 • 4 min read
The ultra low emission zone in London is being expanded to cover a wider area of the city later in 2021
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The ultra low emission zone in London is being expanded to cover a wider area of the city later in 2021

ClientEarth urges government to overhaul Clean Air Strategy as figures show UK is still off track for meeting a raft of legal targets

The government could yet again find itself in court over dangerous levels of air pollution, with the latest official data showing the UK is on track to miss legal targets for four out of five pollutants...

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