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Tag Archives: Hackney
Nine London streets in ‘ultra-low emission’ vehicle scheme
Petrol, diesel and older hybrid cars have been banned from nine London streets in a “pioneering” scheme. Only electric cars, the newest hybrids, hydrogen vehicles and bikes or e-bikes will be allowed during the morning and evening rush hours in … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Hackney, Islington, London, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
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London boroughs to impose ultra-low emission zones
All but the cleanest vehicles to be banned from nine streets in Islington and Hackney Two London councils are to ban all but the cleanest vehicles from some areas at peak times to help tackle the city’s air pollution crisis. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Hackney, Islington, London, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
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London parents could face ban on taking kids to school by car
Parents who use a car on the school run will be fined up to £130 in parts of London to tackle air pollution and dangerous driving, the Standard has learned. The unprecedented action is being taken around two primaries and … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Hackney, London, London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
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London’s black communities disproportionately exposed to air pollution – study
Black, African and Caribbean people are exposed to higher illegal nitrogen dioxide levels than the percentage of the population they account for Black communities in London are disproportionately more likely to breathe illegal levels of air pollution than white and … Continue reading
The truth about London’s air pollution
Invisible pollution kills up to 9,000 people a year in the capital. But under government plans, from school gates to shopping streets, Londoners will be breathing dangerous air until 2025. What more can be done? In the morning, this traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Brixton, Cheltenham, Clean Air Act 1956, dieselgate, Earls Court, Hackney, King's College London, Knightsbridge, London, Low Emission Zone (LEZ), Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Oxford Street, PM - Particulate Matter, Poplar, The Great Smog, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Five most polluted Hackney roads revealed as campaigners urge Boris Johnson to stop breaching air quality standards
Following a formal request for information from the campaign group Clean Air in London, the Mayor of London has now released data revealing the extent of air pollution on the capital’s busiest roads. Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones has … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Hackney, London, London Mayor, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Lungs of London schoolchildren “damaged by poor air quality”
Early findings of research into the impact of poor air quality shows that it is reducing the lung capacity of schoolchildren in London, writes Steve Eminton. The lung capacity of schoolchildren in some London boroughs is being reduced through living … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Health Effects of Air Pollution, London, Medical Studies, UK
Tagged Hackney, King's College London, London, poor air quality, Tower Hamlets, UK
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