Make Church Street a Clean Air Zone
Low emissions zones are a very quick way to bring down pollution ( NO2 ,PM2.5) and avoid cognitive decline and cancers from combustion traffic.

"Higher emissions from industry and residential combustion, as well as biofuel, coal, and oil and natural gas combustion, were associated with worse language scores."
https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/80/5/glaf060/8082041?login=false

Clean air zones
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/driving-in-a-clean-air-zone
#FossilFuels #vehicles #combustion #cars #traffic #polllution #contaminants #regulation #LEZ #ULEZ #cognition #cancer #Bellingen #ChurchStreet #cafes #alfreco #eateries #CleanAir #PublicHealth #health #harm

23-Apr-2025
London’s low emission zones save lives and money, new study finds

New research from the University of Bath has revealed that Greater #London's #cleanAir policies—the Low Emission Zone (#LEZ) and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (#ULEZ) are not only improving the city’s environment but are also delivering significant measurable #publicHealth and economic benefits.

Transport for London's #ULEZ scheme cleaned London's air:

Gas boilers now biggest source of #AirPollution in central #London, study shows

"The findings highlight the success of transport interventions, such as the London Low Emission Zone and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), in significantly reducing #NOx emissions from vehicles."

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-gas-boilers-biggest-source-air.html
#TfL

Aerial View of London.

A snapshot of London whilst flying to Stansted airport yesterday early evening. Looking East. The sky was clear and air amazingly clean.

Looking for some #positivity to end the week? I have recapped 42 notable #positive #environmental and #ClimateChange articles from past month including: the benefits of the #Ulez in #London, #Texas setting a new record for #Renewable #Energy generation and #NewDelhi creating seven new biodiversity parks on previously degraded land.

https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-012/

London Begins to Breathe Better

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

A study by the Greater London Authority has shown that the city’s levels of lethal pollutants have substantially decreased since the expansion of the UK capital’s ultra low emission zone (Ulez).

The London-wide zone covers nine million people across 1500 km2, the world’s largest zone of its kind. 

The report shows that not only have deprived areas seen some of the biggest improvements but air quality has improved in all areas and at a faster rate than the rest of the country.

Nitrogen dioxide is down 27% since Ulez first came in in 2019. PM2.5’s (small particle emissions) are down 31% in outer London compared to what would have been without the Ulez expansion.

Speaking to the Guardian, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said, “When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London’s air pollution within legal limits if the current efforts continued. However, due to our transformative policies we are now close to achieving it this year.”

[Via Ethical Revolution]

"Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #London #Ulez #Emissions #AirPollution

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study

"The findings indicate that the Mayor’s air quality policies, and in particular the #ULEZ and #LEZ schemes, are having an important impact on reducing the number of older, more polluting #vehicles seen driving in #London and on reducing the levels of harmful air #pollution that Londoners are exposed to."

"the expansion has had no negative impact on footfall and spend in the outer London area, or at a London-wide level"

#ClimateAction #UK #Europe #COP #UN #cars #CleanAir
https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/environment-and-climate-change-publications/london-wide-ultra-low-emission-zone-one-year-report

Yayy!
Fuck you Anti-ULEZ Oligarch minions, suck on your crypto investments.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study

In an unrelenting cycle of bad news, this seems like a little bit of positivity.

Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after ULEZ expansion

#Pollution #ClimateCrisis #ULEZ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study?CMP=share_btn_url

Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #ulez #london #airquality #airqualityimprovement

Dramatic fall in #London’s levels of deadly pollutants after #Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study #science #environment #pollution #AirPollution #publicHealth

#ULEZ - already showing stunning results despite the attempts by many and the timidness of #Starmer.

I am somewhat reminded about the protests about the removal of lead from petrol in the UK many years ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study

#London air pollution down since #Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study oh look: #sadiqkhan was right, and is saving lives every day

Who could have guessed it? Reducing air pollution improves air quality & health outcomes. Remember that the next time a right wing politician rails against green policies.
#Politics #ULEZ
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/28/ulez-key-to-tackling-unacceptably-high-child-illness-and-death-doctors-say

#dirtyair: According to data published by Public Health England, #airpollution is the single largest #environmental #risk to #publichealth, and is linked to between 28,000 and 36,000 UK deaths a year. The estimated #cost to the NHS and #socialcare of #airpollutants is estimated to be £1.6bn between 2017 and 2025.
#ulez #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #walkablecities #keepitintheground