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Councils told to curb air pollution
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Local councils whose citizens suffer from severe air pollution
will be compelled to draw up plans to improve air quality, the
Government disclosed yesterday.
The Department of Environment also wants to set safety limits
for leading air pollutants which, if breached, would lead to
immediate curbs on traffic such as lower speed limits on motorways.
The sort of pollution levels at which these restraints would be
triggered have been reached twice in recent years in London and
other b...
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