UK in bid to delay EU laws on air pollution amid failure to comply

"UK faces a crucial battle in the Supreme Court next week over who controls British environmental legislation on air pollution – the national government or the EU, with Britain lagging far behind the Brussels regulations.
The case has been little publicized but will attempt to end a decade’s long scandal of air pollution, which kills tens of thousands of people in the UK annually.
More than 20 UK towns and cities were found to be emitting air pollutants at two times World Health Organization (WHO) limits.

“This is one of the most important cases to come before British courts in recent years. It would be disastrous if the principle were upheld that, when there is a breach in EU law, it should be solely left to the commission, rather than national courts to deal with,” Professor Richard Macrory of University College London, one of Britain’s top environmental lawyers told the Sunday Telegraph.

http://rt.com/news/uk-eu-air-pollution-765/

Interesting. Somebody needs to step up and fix the UK's air pollution problem. Maybe the EU would get something done - even against UK's objections.

Yet still refusals to act from local councils on the toxic pollution released by foundries and other industries, which are potentially harmful and have warnings from manufacturers about the toxicity of chemicals and compounds plus the using with care.

It would take somebody with money to take them to court and sue their pants off.

I do hope that someday the well-being of human beings trumps the cost of installing anti-pollution technology and the objections of the whiny rich ...