The government will be forced to urgently clean up illegal air pollution in British cities following a ruling on Wednesday in the European court of justice.
The Government will be forced to urgently clean up illegal air pollution in British cities, after a ruling at the European Court of Justice.
James Thornton, the CEO of the environmental lawyers ClientEarth who have defeated ministers three times in court over air pollution, said: "Road transport is still the main source of illegal air pollution in our towns and cities.
The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has made his first major policy announcement, unveiling plans to substantially increase the size of London's clean air charging zone to tackle the capital's illegal air pollution levels.
In an October event that critics marked as a publicity stunt, the commissioner ordered 70 staff members to descend on Camden in search of leaking underground storage tanks, discarded chemical drums and illegal air emissions.
The author of a report on how London's illegal air pollution disproportionately affects deprived schools has said City Hall under Boris Johnson held back the study's negative findings, while publicising the positive ones.
