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Ocado among firms asking Sadiq Khan to re-think congestion charge for electric vans

The firms say the charge will undermine the move to electric vehicles

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2024

Ocado and AA join growing revolt against London congestion charge for electric vans

Forty businesses sign open letter to Sadiq Khan saying extending £15 daily levy to electric vans will backfire

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Carbon emissions from vans still rising as UK drivers cling to diesel

Costly new vehicles, limited choice and scarce charging points are holding back a switch to electric by businesses

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024

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The anti-Ulez vote helped Tories win in Uxbridge but has pro-car agenda run out of road?

A year after Boris Johnson’s old seat united against Labour in anger over Sadiq Khan’s emissions policy, voters are split

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

‘This is a public health crisis’: how the expansion of Ulez is affecting the daily lives of Londoners

Some welcome the low emissions zone, others question it … and many despise it. But almost everyone agrees something has to be done about air pollution in London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Greater Manchester ‘worst city in Europe for clean and green transport’, says new report

City region is branded worst in Europe for eco-friendly transport

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

‘A win-win for businesses’: London politicians urge action to boost cargo bike use

Transport for London believe the vehicles could replace up to 17 per cent of van-driven kilometres in central London by the end of the decade

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2023

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Battle for clean air: the row raging over London’s ultra-low emission zone

A planned extension to the capital’s ‘Ulez’ has become a political battleground as opponents take legal action to stop it while others say drastic action is vital to fight pollution

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023

Furious parents block road to protest poor enforcement of school street in north London

Parents of children at The Gower Primary School in Islington acted as human bollards on Thursday

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2022

Clean air campaigners warn Manchester could be ‘overrun’ with cars as number increase across region

Clean Cities Campaign is calling for ‘car free’ days and a city centre Clean Air Zone.

Manchester Evening News · Sep 22, 2022

The Mancunian Way: A million cars on our roads

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Manchester Evening News · Sep 22, 2022

The Mancunian Way: When pollution spikes

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Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022

Mum calls for schools to be closed on days when pollution levels are high

"We did all this work for Covid, protecting people's lives and this is just as bad and it feels like very little action is happening and the impact on children's health and future health is being ignored."

Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022

With Greater Manchester in the midst of an ‘ozone pollution episode’, should the region change how it monitors air quality?

Clean Cities Campaign says the city-region should be striving to use WHO guidelines.

Manchester Evening News · Jul 19, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · Jul 19, 2022

The Mancunian Way: Ozone pollution episode

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Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2022

Illegal levels of pollution recorded in outer London ahead of ULEZ expansion

Illegal levels of toxic air pollution have been recorded in outer London ahead of plans to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone next year.

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022

Air pollution levels return after first ‘zero-emission street’ in UK scrapped

Findings show the trial, which ended six months ago, was ‘working’, green campaigner says

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