UK climate targets could halve air pollution by 2050

Madeleine Cuff
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Efforts to cut carbon dioxide set to usher in radically cleaner air by mid-century

Existing UK targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions will deliver major improvements to air quality, cutting harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions by half by mid-century. That is the conclusion of new...

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