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Government fights Europe over air pollution reduction
2013-03-02 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Government will argue in the Supreme Court this week that it has no obligation to reduce Britains harmful levels of air pollution within the time limits set by Europe. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels are dangerously high in 16 regions of Britain, exceeding the EU limit which member nations were supposed to have complied with by 2010. Britain is the only nation not to apply for a time extension having failed to meet its 2010 deadline, because the Coalition has decided to fight European air regulations...
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