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
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
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.”
"Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion"
London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone Expansion Has Effectively Reduced Air Pollution, Report Finds https://www.ecowatch.com/london-ultra-low-emission-zone-air-pollution-results.html
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
"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
London air quality markedly improved after introduction of restrictions for dirtiest cars (#ULEZ). Substantial health benefits expected. Other cities should take note.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study
Yayy!
Fuck you Anti-ULEZ Oligarch minions, suck on your crypto investments.
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
#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
Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of #lung #cancer in UK - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/09/air-pollution-causing-lung-cancer-uk why #ULEZ was the right thing to do in #london
Air pollution reduces people’s ability to focus on everyday tasks, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/air-pollution-affects-peoples-ability-to-focus-on-everyday-tasks-study-finds "Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition" another reason #ulez is great idea
The Pollution is killing our kids, and the Government acknowledges it in the only meaningful way it has, with money. Yet sad little men are taking down ULEZ cameras because the right to drive around their personality supports is more than our right to clean air.
