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A coupe of points to consider:If you'd rather keep on driving around London and coughing up a lung, go ahead; otherwise...
Analysis of data gathered using cutting-edge methodology – including detailed satellite images and measurements from more than 1,400 ground monitoring stations – reveals a dire picture of dirty air, with 98% of people living in areas with highly damaging fine particulate pollution that exceed World Health Organization guidelines. Almost two-thirds live in areas where air quality is more than double the WHO’s guidelines.
Some towns and cities across Europe, including London and Milan, are making strides to tackle air pollution, from the introduction of ultra-low emissions zones to traffic reduction schemes and walking and cycling initiatives. But experts say politicians must act with more urgency in light of the growing evidence of harm.
The data was compiled by academics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute as part of the EU-funded Expanse project. They used a combination of sources, from high-resolution satellite data to pollution monitoring stations and information about land use, to model annual average PM2.5 levels across Europe in 2019.
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...in other news; the PM considers watering down Green initiatives in years to come.
Madness.
- The population of London is actually in decline
- TfL's own Pollution map doesn't really support the ULEZ expansion https://www.londonair.org.uk/london...lat=51.5008010864&lon=-0.124632000923&zoom=11
- cars are getting cleaner, much cleaner and there are many pressures to move towards zero emission vehicles.
This is a tax on people who made purchasing decisions without any idea that the car which was identified as clean, efficient and reasonably environmentally friendly at the time, will subsequently be targeted.
People lawfully own their cars, they were not warned of the risk at the time of manufacturer/first purchase, so it is wrong to punish them for something they were not warned about at the time.