| Topic: | Putney High Street - disgraceful example for air quality inaction | |
| Posted by: | Tim Henderson | |
| Date/Time: | 10/01/13 12:06:00 |
| As the 2013 allowance for bad air hours is exceeded, Jenny Jones issues the news release : http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_assembly_member/news-jenny-jones-am-putney-high-street-breaches-annual-pollution-limits-2013-eu-%E2%80%98ye "News from Jenny Jones AM: Putney High Street breaches annual pollution limits - 2013 EU ‘Year of Air’ 8 JANUARY 2013 Readings taken at the Putney High Street air quality monitoring station have recorded fifty five exceedances (1) of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) limits, breaching the annual permitted legal limit of eighteen (2). This is despite TfL declaring Putney High Street a priority for greener transport last January (3) and against the European Commission announcement that 2013 is the ‘Year of Air’ with key European air pollution legislation up for review. Jenny Jones AM said: “Putney High Street is a disgraceful example of the Government and Mayor’s failure to take responsibility for air pollution. As a result even more people will die prematurely, suffer worse asthma and other respiratory conditions” “Instead of attempting to delay legal deadlines for nitrogen dioxide, the Mayor has to rewrite his Air Quality Strategy and include effective new measures that can make a big difference to fill the gap.”........ |