Time for tougher action on polluting trucks
SCMP
Editorial
Authorities should be tackling roadside air pollution as a matter of urgency. They claim that this is the case: the Environmental Bureau and Environmental Protection Department said in their last annual progress report that high public expectations meant this was a top priority. An ineffective scheme to get old, polluting vehicles off the streets tells a different story. If there was any interest in making the air we breathe less dangerous, adopted measures would be forceful, not feeble….
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