Government vows to tackle fine dust, scraps incentives for diesel vehicles
Social affairsNov 8, 2018
Measures to tackle fine dust will be reinforced and support programs for diesel vehicles abolished, the government announced Thursday, as part of plans to combat particulate matter pollution. The Environment Ministry scrapped the “clean diesel policy” and announced other measures to curb fine dust at the government policy coordination meeting presided over by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (Yonhap)Pointing to diesel vehicles as among the factors aggravating the fine dust