While I do not doubt the sincerity of the Mayor’s efforts to tackle air pollution, he is simply unable to protect the health of each and every school child of whom there are more than 25,000 in Hillingdon alone.
Look at the environmental footprint of your council’s buildings. Are they energy efficient?
Labour wants a new tax that would add extra cars and pollution to some of the areas where air quality is already the worst in the City.
I am tabling vital amendments to the Bill. Efforts to reduce toxic pollution should not be on the backburner.
Our concerns aren’t in Europe, or America. They’re local. They’re at the end of our road. We are worried about the dire state of crime, housing and air quality.
This second piece in our mini-series assessing his performance at DEFRA argues that he has taken a few strong first steps – but that real results are needed.
We have a duty to honour the inter-generational contract articulated by Edmund Burke.
The Mayor wants to reduce road space for drivers, even though this policy has been a key factor in increasing congestion.
Aylesbury Vale District Council staff travel on business using pool cars – and the pool cars are Nissan Leafs.
Parents waiting in cars with their engines idling at the end of the school day raise the pollution level significantly.
A targeted approach would be more effective and less expensive.
Leaving the European Union presents us with a historic opportunity to create a healthier environment for ourselves and future generations.