Almost one third of trucks in Spain exceed the EU legal emission limits. This is despite the fact that high nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions from road transport result in the deaths of 50,000 people a year, warned Transport&Environment on Wednesday 8 September, based on tests it has carried out in Barcelona and Madrid.
According to the NGO, which campaigns for sustainable transport, remote emissions tests carried out on Euro VI trucks – the latest European air pollution standards – over...