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Theresa May's half-baked air pollution plan puts poll ratings before people's health

Last edited 5 May 2017 at 1:35pm
5 May, 2017

Commenting on the UK government plan to tackle air pollution, published for consultation today, Greenpeace UK's chief scientist Dr Doug Parr said:

"We have heard a lot about 'strong and stable leadership' from Theresa May, but there's none of it in a half-baked plan that puts poll ratings before people's health. This hodge-podge of vague proposals offers little help and no justice to drivers duped by car companies and people breathing toxic air pollution. The only real winners are the car makers who despite misleading customers about their cars' real emissions and causing this mess in the first place are getting off scot-free.

Greenpeace writes to ministers demanding VW answers

Last edited 25 September 2015 at 3:14pm

Figures show diesel car-makers spent up to €18.5m lobbying in Brussels

25 September, 2015

Greenpeace has written to the government to ask if ministers knew before this month that VW was fixing emissions tests, as the green group publishes new data revealing the extent of the car lobby’s power in Brussels.

The environmental group has written to Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Environment Secretary Liz Truss, posing four questions:

- Did the government know before this month about the existence of so-called ‘defeat devices’?

- If it did, what did it do to combat efforts by car manufacturers to fix emissions tests?

- If the government was aware of the existence of ‘defeat devices’, did it discuss the issue with manufacturers of diesel cars? If so, how many meetings took place, who attended and what was the outcome?

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