Futures Forum: How to deal with air pollution: ban all diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040 >>> "The writing is on the wall for gasoline-powered cars."
Because it's pretty bad:
Futures Forum: “We know the effects of poor air quality run from cradle to grave. It's a lifetime threat to human health.”
Including in Exeter:
Exeter 'congestion charge' to tackle air pollution and traffic - Public can now have their say - Devon Live
Emissions charge among Exeter air quality proposals - Air quality news
Public can now have say on proposal to bring in Exeter congestion charge - Devon Live
In Exeter, there were 42 deathsdue to air pollution in 2010.
A total of 438 years were lost.
The mean anthropogenic PM2.5 (µg m−3) was 7.4, which is a measure of the air pollution in the area.
Mapped: Where is air pollution killing the most people? - Telegraph
The problem is that the government is not doing enough:
Futures Forum: "The UK government is “flouting” its duty to protect the lives and health of its citizens from illegal and dangerous levels of air pollution."
And something radical needs to happen:
Toxic emissions down, but people still dying from air pollution – it's time for something radical
Some actions are happening:
Futures Forum: Communities challenging air pollution @ BBC Two
Futures Forum: The Clean Air Campaign
The latest has happened in the courts today:
Government loses clean air court case - BBC News
High Court rules UK air pollution plan is 'unlawful' - Financial Times
Air pollution: UK government loses third court case as plans ruled 'unlawful' | Environment | The Guardian
Thanks to the ClientEarth group:
UK Government loses third air pollution case as judge rules air pollution plans ‘unlawful’
NEWS / 21 February 2018
Environmental lawyers ClientEarth today won a third case against the UK government over the country’s illegal and harmful levels of air pollution.
In a ruling handed down at the High Court in London this morning, Judge Mr Justice Garnham declared the government’s failure to require action from 45 local authorities with illegal levels of air pollution in their area unlawful.
He ordered ministers to require local authorities to investigate and identify measures to tackle illegal levels of pollution in 33 towns and cities as soon as possible – as 12 of the 45 are projected to have legal levels by the end of 2018.
This will be of great embarrassment to ministers, as it is the third time that they have lost an air pollution court battle against ClientEarth.
Speaking outside of the court, ClientEarth lawyer Anna Heslop said: “For the third time in the space of three years, the courts have declared that the government is failing in its obligation to clean up the air in our towns and cities. We are delighted that the court has today ordered the government to urgently take further action to fix the dangerous air pollution in our towns and cities.
“The problem was supposed to be cleaned up over eight years ago, and yet successive governments have failed to do enough. The people who live in areas of England and Wales covered by this judgment deserve to be able breathe clean air and the government must now do all it can to make that happen quickly.”
Legal history made in ClientEarth case as judge makes ‘exceptional’ ruling
There was no ruling against the government for its decision to back-pedal on a previous commitment to legally ensure five cities implemented charging ‘Clean Air Zones’ – which charge the most polluting vehicles to enter the most polluted parts of a city. However, Ministers issued Directions to those five cities in December 2017 requiring them to prepare a business case identifying measures to tackle pollution as soon as possible.
Lawyers for Defra told the court in January that they plan to issue further Directions to make sure those measures are implemented.
UK Government loses third air pollution case as judge rules air pollution plans ‘unlawful’ | ClientEarth
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In a ruling handed down at the High Court in London this morning, Judge Mr Justice Garnham declared the government’s failure to require action from 45 local authorities with illegal levels of air pollution in their area unlawful.
He ordered ministers to require local authorities to investigate and identify measures to tackle illegal levels of pollution in 33 towns and cities as soon as possible – as 12 of the 45 are projected to have legal levels by the end of 2018.
This will be of great embarrassment to ministers, as it is the third time that they have lost an air pollution court battle against ClientEarth.
Speaking outside of the court, ClientEarth lawyer Anna Heslop said: “For the third time in the space of three years, the courts have declared that the government is failing in its obligation to clean up the air in our towns and cities. We are delighted that the court has today ordered the government to urgently take further action to fix the dangerous air pollution in our towns and cities.
“The problem was supposed to be cleaned up over eight years ago, and yet successive governments have failed to do enough. The people who live in areas of England and Wales covered by this judgment deserve to be able breathe clean air and the government must now do all it can to make that happen quickly.”
Legal history made in ClientEarth case as judge makes ‘exceptional’ ruling
There was no ruling against the government for its decision to back-pedal on a previous commitment to legally ensure five cities implemented charging ‘Clean Air Zones’ – which charge the most polluting vehicles to enter the most polluted parts of a city. However, Ministers issued Directions to those five cities in December 2017 requiring them to prepare a business case identifying measures to tackle pollution as soon as possible.
Lawyers for Defra told the court in January that they plan to issue further Directions to make sure those measures are implemented.
UK Government loses third air pollution case as judge rules air pollution plans ‘unlawful’ | ClientEarth
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