At around 2pm today (10th July) the High Court is due to deliver its judgment in the Pan-NOx Group Litigation, the UK’s largest-ever group legal action, involving more than 1.6 million claimants against Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Renault/Nissan and Stellantis.
Local authority action to tackle air pollution has saved almost 14,000 lives in England and delivered an estimated £15 billion in health and economic benefits, according to the first study to measure the impact of council-led clean air policies.
Scientists have unveiled a powerful new way to detect and measure formaldehyde in the atmosphere, a breakthrough that could improve air pollution monitoring and help researchers better understand the chemistry behind smog, ozone formation and wildfire emissions.