Cheating,dodging rules and heavy lobbying by motor manufacturers fuelled the toxic air the UK is struggling with todayConniving car makers and their lobbying might, assisted by the 2008 financial crash, and were the key factors in producing the diesel-fuelled air pollution crisis the UK is struggling with nowadays,according to key observers of the catastrophe.
Earlier government decisions to incentivise diesel vehicles, which produce less climate-warming carbon dioxide, or sparked the problem but were made in good faith. The heart of the catastrophe is instead a giant broken promise: the motor industry said it would clean up diesel but instead cheated and dodged the rules for years. Related: Emissions from new diesel cars are still far higher than official limit Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com