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European Commission Launches Legal Action Against the UK for "Excessive" Air Pollution Levels

2014-02-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The UK faces fines of up to 300m a year and embarrassing court appearances after the European commission launched legal proceedings against it for failing to reduce "excessive" levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution from traffic, despite 15 years of warnings and several extensions and postponements granted to the government. Other European countries have also failed to meet the air quality directive that should have been adopted in 2008 but the EU environment commissioner, Janez Potocnik,...

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