05-05-2017 16:46 via theguardian.com

UK's new air pollution plan dismissed as 'weak' and 'woefully inadequate'

Lawyers who forced ministers to deliver new proposals to tackle toxic air crisis say government is not taking responsibility for public health emergencyThe government’s new plan to tackle the UK’s toxic air crisis is “much weaker than hoped for”, according to the environmental lawyers that forced ministers to deliver the proposals.James Thornton, chief executive of ClientEarth, said the government was “passing the buck” to local authorities and said he failed
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