CelloMom On Cars
"A plan to expand #London's clean air scheme which charges the most polluting vehicles in the city will go ahead at the end of next month after London's High Court ruled it lawful.
The British capital's Ultra Low Emission Zone (#ULEZ) levies a 12.50 pound ($16) daily charge on drivers of non-compliant vehicles in order to tackle #pollution and improve #AirQuality."
Of course Conservatives vow to fight this.
legraLeGra
Car/truck pollution causes about 10x the number deaths as violent, bloody deaths caused by cars and trucks in #NYC each year.
“Despite this progress, two air pollutants, ozone and PM2.5, cause about 2,400 deaths per year in NYC, and thousands more emergency department visits and hospitalizations for asthma, heart and lung problems. Those most at risk include older adults, children and people with preexisting health conditions.”
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/air-quality-air-pollution-protection.page
CelloMom On Cars
"Leading doctors and scientists have warned politicians against watering down plans to expand city-wide schemes aimed at reducing traffic pollution levels linked to thousands of deaths each year.
Mark Hayden, a #London-based paediatric hospital consultant, said: “Some of the children [I treat] would not be coming into the hospital at all if they didn’t live in a polluted city. I patch up those children and send them back to the ‘war zone’.”
#CarsKill
#ULEZ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/28/ulez-key-to-tackling-unacceptably-high-child-illness-and-death-doctors-say
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