ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

摘要

In the January 2015 edition of Environmental Law Monthly we reported on how the Supreme Court had referred questions on interpretation of the Ambient Air Quality Directive to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Directive is intended to reduce emissions of harmful gases to the environment by setting limits for substances such as sulphur dioxide, lead, carbon monoxide, benzene and nitrogen dioxide. Article 13 requires that limits "may not be exceeded" by the specified date (2010). All Member States are therefore required to meet specified targets by 2010 for reducing emissions in nitrogen dioxide. However, the figures for the UK are high and still rising.