Mayor publishes health study revealing deaths attributable to NO2
‘Clean Air in London’ (CAL) estimates 5,061 deaths attributable to dangerous airborne particles (PM2.5) in London in 2020 and 5,159 in 2025. These compare with the Mayor’s estimate of 4,267 for PM2.5 in 2008. CAL estimates 2,684 deaths attributable to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in London in 2020 and 1,893 in 2025 with up to one-third ... Read more
Massive win for ClientEarth on all counts in landmark air pollution case
Court of Justice of the European Union Judgement in Case C-404/13 ‘The Queen, on the application of ClientEarth v The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ UK Supreme Court must require Defra, in this case, to produce a meaningful air quality plan to ensure that the exceedance period for nitrogen dioxide ... Read more
‘Clean Air in London’ emphatically supports Cycle Superhighways
Clean Air in London emphatically supports East-West and North-South Cycle Superhighways However, Mayor Johnson must be honest about their impacts and address these in full. CAL wants the Mayor to accelerate the implementation of the CSH and mitigate in full any consequent increases in air pollution e.g. by increasing the Congestion Charge in early 2016 ... Read more
Environmental Audit Committee may have been misled by Mayor
Environmental Audit Committee may have been misled by the Mayor of London’s evidence about nitrogen dioxide (NO2)levels in London relative to other cities Mayor has unfairly criticised King’s College London scientists for their reported comments Separately, a new survey for Clean Air in London of 100 MPs found a lack of understanding of the health ... Read more
Laughable | Mayor wins prestigious Award for ‘New taxi for London’ project
Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced the winners of the City Climate Leadership Awards 2014 at a ceremony held on Monday night in New York City. The Awards honour cities all over the world for excellence in urban sustainability and leadership in the fight against climate change. London won the Air ... Read more
Mayor is destroying the taxi industry in London
Taxi and Private Hire Services in London. Letter to Caroline Pidgeon AM, MBE. I am sending this submission on Taxi and Private Hire Services in London on behalf of Clean Air in London (CAL) to the London Assembly Transport Committee’s inquiry into Taxi and Private Hire Services in London. http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/investigations/taxi-and-private-hire-services-in-london Investigation CAL understands that the London Assembly ... Read more
Tunnel Cleaning Train delayed until 2017 or later
Delays blamed on need to ensure ‘asbestos containing material’ across 98% of network is ‘removed or encapsulated’ and other reasons ‘Tube dust’ concentrations range between 700 micrograms per cubic metre (ug/m3) and 960 ug/m3 at worst stations. Levels may be up to 25 times the legal limit allowed in ambient air at street level Tube ... Read more
Air pollution revealed at Mayor’s 187 Air Quality Focus Areas for first time
Information obtained using powerful European access to environmental information laws despite obstruction by Defra. Mayor continues to hide more precise information by making it inaccessible to anyone without access to complex and expensive computer software Every London borough is listed among the Mayor’s Air Quality Focus Areas. Highest modelled levels of air pollution are: over ... Read more
Boris takes backward steps on his own ULEZ
Mayor announces plans for £10 daily charge for pre-Euro 6 diesel vehicles entering the central congestion charging area from 2020 after previously planning a ban Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean Air in London, said: “Boris is backtracking on his own plan to ban the most-polluting diesel vehicles from Central London from 2020 by ... Read more
Response to Environmental Audit Committee Call for evidence on air quality
Defra may be shifting from passively covering up the air pollution issue to actively covering up the issue and its role in fighting it Busy fool might have achieved greater reductions in air pollution concentrations and/or done more to warn the public about air pollution than the current Mayor Let’s grasp the opportunity to re-engineer ... Read more
Clean Air in Cities Awards 2014
Clean Air in Cities Awards recognise 24 contributions to improving air quality London Air Quality Network receives award and special mention John Tomlinson becomes an Honorary Founder Supporter Clean Air in London (CAL) announces its second annual Clean Air in Cities Awards which recognise individuals who have made a valuable personal contribution to improving air ... Read more
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