Banger deal blamed for air pollution.Drivers trading in old bangers to take advantage of a new car grant have been blamed for record pollution levels. The success of the Government's scheme to sell more cars by giving pounds 1,000 to anyone trading in a 10-year-old car for a new one has seen sales rocket. But Dublin Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. has now notched record levels of traffic-generated air pollution. European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community and World Health Organisation nitrogen dioxide nitrogen dioxide n. A poisonous brown gas, NO2, often found in smog and automobile exhaust fumes and synthesized for use as a nitrating agent, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent. Noun 1. limits have been breached for the first time. Environmental health officer Brian The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. McManus said: "The number of cars on the street is the central factor." |
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