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May 1st, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government has failed to meet European pollution limits. Britain will face European fines and may have to drastically reduce vehicle use in cities.
The Wednesday ruling by five judges means that the government
will face stiff EU fines and will probably have to limit the use of
heavy goods vehicles and cars in some of the UK’s major cities, the
Guardian reported.
“The way is open for immediate enforcement action at national
and European level,” the Supreme Court confirmed.
The government was challenged by ClientEarth whose case concerns
15 cities and regions across the UK, including London, Manchester,
Birmingham and Glasgow.
The decision delighted air pollution campaigners. However, the
European Court of Justice will have to clear up some legal issues,
so the UK government may be able to play for time and delay doing
anything for a year or so.
Joe Henon, a spokesman for the EU environment commissioner Janez
Potocnik, said that the UK was already in breach of air pollution
law but that they had not yet decided what infringement action
would be taken.
Alan Andrews, a lawyer from ClientEarth who worked on the case,
told RT that air pollution in the UK is having a “devastating
effect on human health” and that they brought the case against
the government because “we felt legal action was the only
answer”.
“Today’s decision will put additional pressure on the
government. I wouldn’t be surprised that in the next couple of
months we see some new announcements from the government but the
real game changes will be the European Court’s judgment, which will
determine when the UK needs to achieve compliance,” said
Andrews.
Andrews explained that the UK needs specific policies aimed at
reducing pollution from diesels vehicles in towns and cities.
“The government’s plans are plans to do nothing, the only
real policy they have is trying to weaken the limits. We need a
national system of low emission zones” said Andrews.
The UK government declined to comment on this specific case but
the Department for Environment Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra)
said, “Air quality has improved significantly in recent decades
and almost all of the UK meets EU air quality limits for all
pollutants.”
But Stephen Joseph, chief executive from the Campaign for Better
Transport said the decision will force the government to bring in
alternative forms of transport to the car in cities.
“In practice this should mean investing in alternatives to
cars and diesel vans and trucks, especially in towns and cities. It
should call into question government plans for major new
roads,” he told the Guardian.
Air pollution causes 29,000 premature deaths a year in the UK
and is linked to heart and respiratory diseases, according to
figures obtained from ClientEarth.
“The UK has worse air pollution than many equivalent
countries in the EU. Some of the air pollution recordings from some
of the busiest roads in London are 3-4 times higher than the legal
limit and among the highest of any capital city in Europe,”
said Andrews
“The longer they leave this, the more difficult it’s going to
get, the more expensive it’s going to get and the more people are
going to die.”
Source Article from http://rt.com/news/uk-fail-air-pollution-692/
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