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Judge demands ban placed on most polluting diesels entering German city of Stuttgart from January 2018, ruling previous plans from city government not ambitious enough

James Thornton describes long-awaited plan as 'little more than a shabby rewrite of the previous draft plans' that is 'underwhelming and lacking in urgency'

Centrepiece of Air Quality Plan to call time on the internal combustion engine, but concerns remain over short term action

ClientEarth's Dominic Phinn believes concern over air quality is finally prompting a major shift in the auto business

Conseil d'État, France's highest legal authority, orders French government to produce a plan to clean up nation's air by March 31 2018

Defra must now publish its final air quality plan by 31 July, but final document could still be open to future legal challenge

Environmental lawyers plan to sue government for the third time over its air quality plan they say has 'major flaws'

Pension savers and fund administrators must raise their voices to demand more action on climate risk, argues ClientEarth's Alice Garton

Impending air quality plan expected to contain proposals for a "targeted" diesel scrappage scheme to help get the most polluting cars off the road

Government bid to delay plan until end of June rejected, as court sets new deadline of 4pm on May 9th