The High Court has rejected a legal challenge over the government’s inadequate draft Air Quality Plan, but the case for greater action to be taken on air pollution is indisputable.
6 March: Friends of the Earth is calling on the Chancellor to introduce a scrappage scheme for diesel cars after a survey shows that 45% of car owners would change their car to a less polluting model if such an incentive was introduced.
The government has pledged £15 million for natural flood measures, following a campaign by Friends of the Earth – but it must tackle climate change too.