Updated – The Mayor of London is a passionate campaigner against air pollution and yet his clean air strategy appears increasingly ineffective and open to cynicism and frankly..ridicule. The congestion charge...
Forget London’s ULEZ – Oxford has a Zero Emissions Zone Ever since the “dieselgate” scandal when it first became clear that EU emissions regulations were a sham and that diesel vehicles in...
The London ULEZ (or Ultra Low Emission Zone) was the first UK clean air zone and it’s criteria for charging the most polluting vehicles has been rolled out as the standard for other clean air zones in the UK. In...
UPDATE – since this article was published the Government have agreed to extend funding for TFL to keep London’s transport system running till March 2021. The final agreement does NOT require any extension of the...
Why diesel cars and vans are unlikely to be on sale in 2030 let alone 2040 Why combustion engines are in the departure lounge Toxic Air quality caused by combustion engines especially diesels which are the most toxic...
Clean Air Zone FrameworkPrinciples for setting up Clean Air Zones in England May 2017 This report lays out the standard types of clean air zones in the UK including ULEZ, CAZ or LEZ. There are rules around where they...
Issue The timing of the ULEZ rollout, especially the inner zone in April 2019 will push businesses to replace old diesel vans with dirty but exempt Euro 6 diesels rather than the wider choice of affordable zero emission...
Big news on #AirQuality – Oxford to ban all petrol diesel cars starting in 2020. Small initial zone expands in 2025 — David Nicholson (@rivergecko) October 11, 2017 In October 2017, the city of Oxford...
There is a need and public support for action to rapidly improve air quality in London. The car industry has not been able to achieve this by really cleaning up diesels leaving city air dirty and harmful. An immediate...
In 2015, in a case by ClientEarth, the UK government lost the legal argument that it had any effective plan to improve air quality in London and other cities, and then the Volkswagen scandal broke. What had been an...
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