Levels of nitrogen dioxide, mostly from diesel vehicles, remain illegally high in 75% of urban areas

The UK has “systematically and persistently” broken legal limits on toxic air pollution for a decade, the court of justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled.

Levels of nitrogen dioxide, mostly from diesel vehicles, remain illegally high in 75% of urban areas and on Thursday the court said the UK had failed to tackle the problem in the shortest possible time, as required by law.

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