Government must deliver new air quality plans

Posted on 29 Apr 2015 by The Manufacturer

A judgement from the Supreme Court has unanimously ordered that the government must submit new air quality plans to the European Commission no later than 31 December 2015.

This is the latest outcome of a four-year battle for ClientEarth in both the UK and EU courts and follows last year’s ruling from the European Court of Justice (CJEU) that asserts the UK can be obliged by national courts to draw up a plan to meet EU NOx limits in the ‘shortest possible time.’…

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