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Tag Archives: Oxford Street
Oxford Street to be car-free by 2020 in bid to tackle air pollution
Oxford Street will be pedestrianised by 2020, the Mayor of London’s office has announced. The central London shopping hub is one of the busiest in the capital and is visited by more than four million people a week, according toThe … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, London, London Mayor, Oxford Street, Sadiq Khan, UK
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The area where London is a world-leader: its polluted air
Across Europe, Britain’s capital leads the way for the wrong reason. London has been voted the most desirable place to work in the world, it’s the second most visited city on the planet and was recently crowned the most innovative … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, London, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Oxford Street, UK, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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London drivers urged to turn off engines in bid to tackle air pollution
Plans announced by Boris Johnson would see the capital’s drivers encouraged by signs and volunteers to turn off their engines in traffic jams London drivers will be encouraged by volunteers and signs to turn off their engines in traffic jams … 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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London breaches air pollution limit for the whole of 2016 in just over seven days
London breached its own legal limit on air pollution for the whole of 2016 in just over seven days, according to worrying new figures. Under EU rules the capital is allowed to exceed the maximum safe levels of nitrous oxide … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Boris Johnson, Knightsbridge, London, London Mayor, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Oxford Street, Putney, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
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Diesel fumes ‘biggest health catastrophe since Black Death’ as London exceeds yearly air pollution levels
Diesel exhaust fumes are causing the biggest health catastrophe since the Black Death, a campaign group has claimed, as new figures show air pollution limits for the whole year have been breached in just eight days in London. European Union … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, diesel exhaust fumes, London, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Oxford Street, Putney, UK
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London takes just one week to breach annual air pollution limits
Parts of the capital have already breached EU hourly limits for nitrogen dioxide pollution which causes thousands of premature deaths each year London has already breached annual pollution limits just one week into 2016, and only weeks after the government … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, King's College London, London, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Oxford Street, PM2.5, Putney, Swffryd, UK, Wales
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The lethal effects of London fog
After the Great Smog of 1952 killed up to 12,000 Londoners, the country cleaned up its act. But today, pollution of another kind may be just as insidious – and almost as lethal. Imagine smog so thick that you can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Clean Air Act 1956, CO2 emissions, diesel exhaust fumes, Euro 6, Inversion, King's College London, London, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, NOx, Oxford Street, pea souper, PM2.5, Smog, The Great Smog, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
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