Europe escalates action against UK for breaching air pollution limits

UK fails to apply environmental law on air quality, water standards, and the conservation of several species, EU review revealsAn EU review has revealed multiple failings by the UK in applying environmental law, on the same day that the commission escalated its action against Britain for breaching air pollution limits.Britain has been in breach of EU nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limits since 2010, with London overshooting its annual air pollution limit for the whole of 2017 in just the first five days