Tag: Air pollution
What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars – POLITICO
It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, sat with a group of faith leaders and clean-air campaigners in a small circle in the near-empty hall of a suburban church.
The moment was meant to be one of celebration, for Khan and for London. He was marking the creation of the largest clean air zone in the Western world through the expansion of restrictions on polluting cars to cover the entire British capital,
A global call for policy action – POLITICO
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Drug-resistant killer bugs linked to air pollution, top scientists say – POLITICO
As if air pollution wasn’t deadly enough.
Now new research suggests tiny airborne pollutants may be linked to higher rates of drug-resistant lethal bacteria.
In the study, researchers from Zhejiang University, China and the University of Cambridge, England, concluded that air pollution is one of the leading factors driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR) after compiling data from 116 countries between 2000 and 2018, with more than 11.5 million lab test results covering nine bacterial pathogens and 43 types of antibiotics.
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Italy yearns to breathe polluted air – POLITICO
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The EU’s pollution problem child is throwing a tantrum.
Italy, one of the bloc’s most polluted countries, has repeatedly failed to meet the EU’s air quality guidelines, prompting the European Commission to take it to court more than once.
Now Rome is lobbying hard to stop Brussels from tightening those guidelines further, arguing that specific geographic and climate conditions — particularly in its northern, industrial regions — prevent it
Why London’s mayor just can’t scrap his clean air plan – POLITICO
LONDON — Sadiq Khan is under pressure to ditch a controversial plan to clean up London’s air after a bruising by-election for the mayor’s Labour colleagues. But scrapping the plan is no panacea — and critics will have to explain what replaces it.
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) aims to reduce the U.K. capital’s emissions of nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxide (referred to together as NOx) by imposing a charge on polluting vehicles when they enter the zone. It’s
London’s Sadiq Khan moves to soften emissions scheme impact after backlash – POLITICO
LONDON — Mayor of London Sadiq Khan moved to soften the impact of a city-wide emissions reduction scheme after a voter backlash saw the Labour Party fail to make a gain at a crucial by-election.
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) — which costs drivers of polluting vehicles £12.50 a day to enter — is set to expand to cover the whole of London from 29 August in a bid to tackle the city’s air pollution problem.
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understanding the condition – POLITICO
Every breath we take is a gift, yet for hundreds of millions across the globe, breathing comes with a challenge – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).1,2 Never heard of it? You’re not alone. A recent Ipsos poll* shows that for most people, the disease is a mystery, and despite its dire consequences, COPD remains an often under-recognized and under-prioritized non-communicable disease (NCD).3,4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an increasingly important threat to the public and health systems
High Court rules London’s pollution-busting ULEZ expansion is lawful – POLITICO
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan can press on with a controversial expansion of the ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ) which penalizes high-polluting vehicles in the capital, a High Court judge ruled Friday.
Five Conservative councils brought a legal challenge against the Labour mayor’s plan, which has sparked a major political debate about green policies in the U.K. But the judicial review was dismissed Friday morning, meaning the scheme can now be extended to outer London areas, as planned, on August
How to navigate Spain’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro – POLITICO
Spare a thought for Spanish diplomats in Brussels. They’re going to be working flat-out until Christmas.
Sweden has spent the last six months trying to process a huge pile of legislative files, many of which were proposed late by a European Commission distracted by COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Despite commendable progress, many of these files still need a lot of work before being passed into law. Look at the files we’ve laid out below, then look back at
20 people who matter in the UK’s race to net zero – POLITICO
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LONDON — The U.K. has net zero targets. Now it’s just got to figure out how to get there — fast.
In the space of four years, the U.K.’s legal net zero target has gone from words on paper to a vast national effort touching the lives of everyone in the country. Despite ambitious goals, enshrined in law, some in industry criticize what they see as the lack of