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Reports Urge London to Accelerate Controls on Diesels
An environmental report due today will urge London to speed plans to create an ultra-low emission zone, sharply limit the use of diesels in the city and launch a scrappage plan to take older-model diesels off the road, the Financial Times reports.
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An environmental report due today will urge London to speed plans to create an ultra-low emission zone, sharply limit the use of diesels in the city and launch a scrappage plan to take older-model diesels off the road, the Financial Times reports.
The study, Driving Away from Diesel, will be presented by the London Assembly's environmental committee. The FT says the report will blame government policies and failed EU emission standards for putting "a generation of dirty vehicles" on the road.
The FT says a separate environmental report by researchers at King's College London will say on Wednesday that nitrogen dioxide emissions pose at least as great a threat to health as ultra-fine "PM2.5" particulates. Both pollutants constitute a significant portion of diesel emissions.
The newspaper notes the U.K. faces EU fines for failing to meet NO2 limits. In April England's high court ordered the British government to develop a plan to limit such emissions.
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