Blue and Green: The government has revealed that Britains largest cities are unlikely to meet EU air quality standards before 2030, retreating from its previous claim that the UK will have clean air by 2025.
Legal limits of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution will not be reached in London, Birmingham and Leeds until 2030, the UK government has told an EU court, after the court launched legal action against the UK for its bad quality air earlier this year.
The deadline is later than what previously promised,...