EU court rules on jail for officials over air pollution

Government leaders in the German state of Bavaria look unlikely to face jail for failing to address illegal levels of air pollution in Munich after EU judges set a high legal bar for domestic courts to do so in a case brought by environmental NGOs.

by Simon Pickstone

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