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Ignore ULEZ scare stories – it will reduce traffic and save lives
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Some 80% of vehicles in Croydon are compliant with requirements of the Ultra Low Emission Zone and so will not incur charges. If we want to improve London’s toxic air quality, doing nothing is not an option, says … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged air quality, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Peter Underwood, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Asthma’s postcode lottery: ‘We all have a right to breathe’
Croydon is the worst place in London to have asthma, analysis from charity Asthma UK has shown. Yet Bromley, the borough next door to Croydon, is rated as the best place in the capital for asthmatics. The charity’s findings are … Continue reading
Croydon and ‘delivery’, Part 2: London’s greenest borough
Perhaps it is forgotten in the mists of Croydon Labour leader Tony Newman’s failing memory, but four years ago he was preparing a manifesto ahead of the 2014 Town Hall elections which included a number of pledges on the state … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, air quality, Croydon Council, Labour, Tony Newman
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Planners should be ashamed over Purley Way’s air pollution
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our coverage of the planning permission granted to a Harris Federation primary school beside the A23 Purley Way has drawn widespread condemnation from readers. Here, CONNIE MINTON vents her feelings about the long-term health dangers of air pollution … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Planning, Purley Way
Tagged Air pollution, air quality, Harris Purley Way Primary, Purley Way
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