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==The air pollution: a daily fight==
===The responsibility of the the action?===
Even if the some decisions have been taken by the public institutions to reduce air pollution, the problem of pollution still exists and the limits of legislation can be seen by the fact that some rules are not respected and some part of the society does not take part enough in the fight against air pollution. That was the case with Volkswagen’s Dieselgate affair <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/motoring-news/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-what-diesel-gate-means-for-vw-owners-a6675376.html], Volkswagen emission scandal: What ‘diesel-gate’ means for VK owners, The Independent, 10/01/2015,http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/motoring-news/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-what-diesel-gate-means-for-vw-owners-a6675376.html.</ref> in 2015, when it was revealed that Volkswagen forged data about their cars’ motors concerning their pollutant emissions.
This is why the question of the responsibility of different actors in the fight against air pollution needs to be asked. Since a number of actors, such as industries, households, and energy and transport companies, are involved in the emission of air pollutants, it needs to be determined who has to take an active role in the reduction of the air pollution. Should the pollution producers - households, energy and transport companies, industries, companies and farmers - be the people who have to change their way of life and way of production? Should the public institutions have to act by regulations and legislation? Is a combination between public and private sectors’ actions the best way to fight air pollution?
Since each party is partly responsible for the air pollution emission, each of needs to take responsibility for the fight against it. But in some cases, the responsibility for the pollution is hard to define. Thus, we can ask ourselves what the responsibility of each party in the fight against the air pollution is.