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Will our post-Brexit air be dirtier?

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One of the many Brexit unknowns is whether we’ll remain in Europe’s average CO2 agreement, which ‘ines manufactur­ers that don’t hit targets for average emissions across their range.

‘If the UK dropped out there would be no reason for manufactur­ers to sell plug-in vehicles in the UK because they would no longer count to CO2 targets,’ said Greg Archer of green pressure group Transport & Environmen­t (T&E). ‘That would create a shortage.’ Manufactur­ers might be more willing to sell us lessfuel-e–icient engine options, some of which have already been canned, knowing it wouldn’t impact their overall EU score.

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