Tag Archives: Low Emission Zone (LEZ)

Oxford city centre emissions fall after zone introduced

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Levels of nitrogen dioxide in Oxford city centre have fallen since a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) was introduced, a preliminary study has shown. The scheme targeting emissions from buses began in January 2014 and initial figures show that levels of … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: The big smoke

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

VISITING Oxford Street, a road teeming with tatty shops and overcrowded with people, is plainly a trial. Less plainly, levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a noxious gas, have been found to be around three times higher there than the legal … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, London, UK | Tagged Air Pollution, diesel exhaust fumes, London, Low Emission Zone (LEZ), Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Oxford Street, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) | Leave a comment

An ultra low emission zone won’t clean London’s air alone

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Boris Johnson’s plan to improve the capital’s air quality by making central London an ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) has now gone out to consultation. It will require all motor vehicles driven within the zone to spew little if any … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson denies misleading MPs over London’s air quality

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Boris Johnson’s office have described accusations that he misled a House of Commons select committee as “completely untrue and unfounded”. Last month the Mayor appeared before the the environmental audit committee as part of MPs’ investigation into air quality. In … Continue reading →

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Why licence plate bans don’t cut smog

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Licence-plate driving bans such as the one implemented in Paris this week are not the solution to urban air pollution, according to analysis of recent data. In fact, arbitrary restrictions have been shown to make air pollution worse in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, China, Europe, Latin America, Mexico | Tagged Air Pollution, Beijing, Berlin, Bogota, Low Emission Zone (LEZ), Mexico City, Paris | Leave a comment

UK air pollution: why are we only now waking up to this public health crisis?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

When Justin Bieber collapsed last week at the O2 arena in London and was taken to a private clinic feeling “short of breath” and needing oxygen, the rumours started flying that he had had an asthma attack. They were denied … Continue reading →

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Councillor calls for Bristol Low Emission Zone to fight air pollution

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

A Bristol councillor is calling for a London-style Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in the city centre – for which the most polluting vehicles will be forced to pay a fee to enter. Cllr Mark Wright said residents – particularly cyclists … Continue reading →