#air-pollution

#air-pollution

A London MP has warned that any move to expand Heathrow Airport would present a serious health issue for her constituents, as she called for the Government to block the project.Fleur Anderson, the Labour MP for Putney, led a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, in which she said the scheme would subject Londoners to unacceptable levels of noise and air pollution.

Electric buses are coming to another CTA route.Riders on the 63rd Street bus on Chicago's South Side will see some electric buses running this week.The route will be the second to get electric buses, which are already running on the busy #66 Chicago Avenue bus that runs through the West Side.With the expansion, CTA will have 25 electric buses serving passengers.

Burgess Park is not the most beautiful park in the UK.To be honest, it's not even the most beautiful park in its own corner of south-east London.One friend accurately described its charms as like an unfinished late-Soviet-era public space in suburban odz.Given its main feature is neither a garden nor a lido, or a playground, but a bridge that goes nowhere, there are few people who would debate this.

A ban on wood- burning stoves should be considered in London as they are having a big impact on air pollution, health experts have said.Professor Frank Kelly, professor of community health and policy at Imperial College London, called on policymakers to be more inventive and progressive in their approach to wood burners and said it is something which could be legislated against to protect the health of Londoners.

A total of 224,633,003 was raised by the Ulez in 2022, according to figures obtained by the BBC.Roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices (PCNs), with the rest from daily charge payments.Transport for London (TfL) has said the money is being used to cover "set-up costs" for the Ulez expansion and "running and improving" the rest of London's transport network.

Imperial College London forecasters advised the Mayor to issue the alert due to a strong likelihood of high ozone levels, caused by the hot, sunny weather and south-easterly winds blowing existing pollutants from the continent towards London, City Hall said on Monday evening.This is the second high air pollution alert this year.

Low-traffic neighbourhoods seemingly can prompt residents to drive less, with a study showing people in one London borough cut their driving by nearly a mile a day on average after LTNs were introduced.While the research covers only four LTNs created in 2020, it is potentially significant because it contradicts the objection from opponents of the schemes that they make people drive further on less direct routes.

The mayor was promoting his book Breathe at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday night - but was interrupted by around 10 protesters, who were angry about the planned expansion of the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez).Speaking on Thursday, Mr Khan said: I had a great night last night, it was a really good experience - one of my most memorable nights over the last few years.

I t's Clean Air Day tomorrow (June 15), a campaign delivered across the UK to build awareness of the impact of air pollution on our health, and easy ways to tackle it in order to protect our health and environment.According to the Global Action Plan, air pollution is the cause of 36,000 deaths in the UK.

G reenwich Council has revealed plans to ban ice cream vans from more than 30 roads across the borough after council officials complained that traders were causing a nuisance.The plans unveiled by the Royal Borough of Greenwich would prohibit ice cream vans from trading in specific locations.More than 20 roads on the list are in Woolwich town centre, while 13 are in the Greenwich area.

BRONX, NY. - In a scene eerily similar to that of a post-apocalyptic movie, the New York Yankees hosted the Chicago White Sox as the Yankee Stadium was engulfed in smoke from Canadian wildfires.New York City topped the list of the world's worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.

The Yankees hosted the White Sox Tuesday in a smoke-stained haze resulting from over hundreds of wildfires burning in Eastern Canada.An orange-yellow fog engulfed Yankee Stadium in what at one point on Tuesday were the second-worst levels of air pollution in the world, according to IQair.The conditions, which IQair reported as being "very unhealthy" with an air quality index above 200, didn't seem to bother the players much, though.

In a scene eerily similar to that of a post-apocalyptic movie, the New York Yankees hosted the Chicago White Sox as the Yankee Stadium was engulfed in smoke from Canadian wildfires.New York City topped the list of the world's worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.

In a scene eerily similar to that of a post-apocalyptic movie, the New York Yankees hosted the Chicago White Sox as the Yankee Stadium was engulfed in smoke from Canadian wildfires.New York City topped the list of the world's worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.

As wildfire smoke from Canada continued to drift across the United States, creating unhealthy air quality, many places across the country were under air quality alerts on Thursday.Heeding those alerts is important to staying safe, but monitoring air quality levels can also help you decide when it is safe to go outside.

DC's Smithsonian National Zoo closed its doors today-for the first time since it reopened from its pandemic closure more than two years ago-as hazardous air chokes the DC area.Many Washingtonians are keeping pets indoors (and staying indoors themselves).But how are the zoo animals weathering the smoke?

E aling has the highest number of people receiving care for asthma in outer London, according to new research.A study from charity Asthma + Lung UK, has found that Southall alone has nearly a quarter (23%) of the top 30 GP practices in London where asthma treatment is most prevalent.The data reveals 24 out of the 30 GP surgeries with the highest rates of asthma prevalence are in outer London, with 70% of these surgeries within just one mile of some of the busiest roads in the capital, including the A40, A127, and A41.

Yes, it's Global Running Day.No, you probably shouldn't go for a run today.The New York Road Runners canceled all its Global Running Day-related events on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires in Canada drifted over large parts of the United States.If you're in NYC or any affected area, please read and follow your city's health advisory regarding air quality for June 7, and consider running another day.

The Mayor of London told an audience of scientists on Tuesday that London was leading the way internationally in the battle against air pollution - but that other cities would grow nervous about taking their own measures if the Ulez does not expand.There are great mayors in great cities across the world looking to London in relation to this issue and if we don't succeed, they're going to get nervous, and they're not going to be as passionate about this issue, said Mr Khan.

The government faces a legal challenge to its decision to cut investment in walking and cycling in England, over claims that the move bypassed legal processes and risks scuppering commitments over the climate emergency and air pollution.Lawyers acting for the Transport Action Network (TAN), a campaign group, have written to the Department for Transport (DfT) to formally seek a judicial review of the cuts announced in March by Mark Harper, the transport secretary.

The mayor was interrupted throughout an appearance at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday night including when he read an extract from his book, Breathe, about the death of Ella Kissi-Debrah in 2013, which inspired him to clean up the capital's toxic air.Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who was in the audience, heard one man shout that it was a lie that air pollution had caused nine-year-old Ella's death, despite that being the coroner's finding.

Between four and six men and at least one woman, who appeared to be protesting about the Ulez expansion, shouted and interrupted the mayor during a ticketed event to promote his book, Breathe.They were sat in the middle of the 2,600-capacity hall, about 30 yards from the mayor on stage.The audience tried to drown out the shouts and called for the protesters to leave as they encouraged the mayor to continue reading extracts from his book.

N ine people are thought to have put their names forward to become the Tory mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq Khan next May.Entries had to be received by 9am on Monday.There has been no official conformation from Conservative HQ - meaning it has been for the candidates themselves to confirm their bids.

A small majority of Londoners are in favour of the Ulez in contrast to a lack of support in the rest of the country, a poll revealed on Friday.There was a clearer divide along party lines, with Labour, Lib-Dem and Green voters all backing clean air zones while Tories were strongly opposed.The findings may offer some reassurance to Mayor Sadiq Khan after it emerged that thousands more car-owning residents in outer London will be hit by his Ulez expansion than previously thought.