Clean Air versus Climate Change - let's get on the same page

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SmarterUK's Dan Byles argues it is time for air quality and climate change campaigners to realise they are natural bedfellows

The issue of poor air quality has recently been climbing the political agenda. Air pollution is estimated to cost the UK economy up to £20bn a year, and according to a recent report by the Royal College...

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