Date: 19/08/2022

For decades, catching a train in Scotland came with the risk of being caught by an acrid blast of diesel exhaust. It was an occasional and unpleasant reminder of what we were throwing up into the atmosphere that we have suffered, then forgotten about, for far too long.

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For decades, catching a train in Scotland came with the risk of being caught by an acrid blast of diesel exhaust.

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