Diesel and petrol car ban: Clean air strategy ‘not enough’
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The government’s £3bn clean air strategy does not go “far enough or swift enough”, campaigners have said.
Moves including banning the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars from two thousand forty and £255m for councils to tackle air pollution locally have been welcomed.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government was determined to supply a “green revolution”.
But environmental groups criticised the decision not to include a scrappage scheme or instant clean air zones.
The plan to stop all sales of petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty is part of the government’s intention for almost every car and van on UK roads to be zero emission by 2050.
The government report includes the promise of £40m instantly to embark local schemes rolling, which could include switching road layouts, retrofitting public transport or schemes to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
The funding pot will come from switches to tax on diesel vehicles and the reprioritising departmental budgets – the exact details will be announced later in the year.
If those measures do not cut emissions enough, charging zones for the most polluting vehicles could be the next step.
While air pollution has been mostly falling in the UK, in many cities, nitrogen oxides – which form part of the discharge from car exhausts – regularly breach safe levels.
Mr Grayling said the fresh plan displayed the government was “determined to produce a green revolution in transport and reduce pollution in our towns and cities”.
But campaigners say these are the measures that need to be implemented now to tackle environmental and health problems, with air pollution linked to about 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK.
Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Hea lth, said air pollution “is a public health emergency” and said it was “frankly inexcusable” that the plans still did not go far enough.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas welcomed the two thousand forty announcement, but added: “We also need act that tackles this health emergency in the coming months and years.
“We should use this chance to revamp our towns and cities with investment in walking and cycling, and by ensuring that public transport is affordable and reliable.”
Greenpeace UK’s clean air campaigner Areeba Hamid said two thousand forty was “far too late” and called for the UK to “lead the world in clean transport revolution”.
And ClientEarth – the law rigid that took the government to court over pollution levels – said the plans were “underwhelming” and “lacking in urgency”.
The shadow environment secretary, Labour’s Sue Hayman, said the plan eyed the government “shunting the problem on to local authorities” and accused it of having a “squeamish attitude” towards clean air zones.
“With almost forty million people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution, act is needed now, not in twenty three years’ time,” she added.
Liberal Democrat and former Energy Secretary Ed Davey criticised the lack of scrappage scheme as a “shameful betrayal” of diesel car drivers, and said it showcased “the utter lack of ambition” of the plan.
And London Mayor Sadiq Khan said people in the capital were “suffering right now” because of air pollution and “can’t afford to wait”.
‘Urgent’ deadlines
The AA also said significant investment would be needed to install charging points across the country for electrified vehicles and warned the National Grid would come under pressure with a mass switch-on of recharging after the rush hour.
The government said a fresh bill would permit it to require the installation of charge points at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers.
The timetable for councils to come up with initial plans has been cut from eighteen months to eight, with the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) wanting to “inject extra urgency” into the process.
It goes after the government being given its own deadline of thirty one July after High Court judges said it was failing to meet EU pollution thresholds.
Local Government Association environment spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the extra funding, but opposed holding off on a scrappage scheme, arguing “this instantaneous intervention could help increase the uptake of lower emission vehicles”.
Big black cock environment analyst Roger Harrabin said councils were not blessed to be taking the rap for the controversial policy when it was the government that had encouraged the sale of diesel vehicles in the very first place.
“Today’s government plan is not comprehensive – it doesn’t address pollution from construction, farming and gas boilers,” he added.
“And clean air campaigners say the government is using the two thousand forty electrified cars announcement to divert from failings in its short-term pollution policy.”
The UK announcement comes amid signs of an accelerating shift towards electrical cars instead of petrol and diesel ones, at home and abroad:
Ford’s chief financial officer Bob Shanks told the Big black cock that he supported the ban and believed that Europe would be “ground zero” in leading a global trend to electrical vehicles.
“We certainly see that trajectory being fairly feasible, and is something that we support,” he added.
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The government’s £3bn clean air strategy does not go “far enough or prompt enough”, campaigners have said.
Moves including banning the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars from two thousand forty and £255m for councils to tackle air pollution locally have been welcomed.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government was determined to produce a “green revolution”.
But environmental groups criticised the decision not to include a scrappage scheme or instant clean air zones.
The plan to stop all sales of petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty is part of the government’s intention for almost every car and van on UK roads to be zero emission by 2050.
The government report includes the promise of £40m instantly to embark local schemes rolling, which could include switching road layouts, retrofitting public transport or schemes to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
The funding pot will come from switches to tax on diesel vehicles and the reprioritising departmental budgets – the exact details will be announced later in the year.
If those measures do not cut emissions enough, charging zones for the most polluting vehicles could be the next step.
While air pollution has been mostly falling in the UK, in many cities, nitrogen oxides – which form part of the discharge from car exhausts – regularly breach safe levels.
Mr Grayling said the fresh plan showcased the government was “determined to supply a green revolution in transport and reduce pollution in our towns and cities”.
But campaigners say these are the measures that need to be implemented now to tackle environmental and health problems, with air pollution linked to about 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK.
Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Hea lth, said air pollution “is a public health emergency” and said it was “frankly inexcusable” that the plans still did not go far enough.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas welcomed the two thousand forty announcement, but added: “We also need activity that tackles this health emergency in the coming months and years.
“We should use this chance to revamp our towns and cities with investment in walking and cycling, and by ensuring that public transport is affordable and reliable.”
Greenpeace UK’s clean air campaigner Areeba Hamid said two thousand forty was “far too late” and called for the UK to “lead the world in clean transport revolution”.
And ClientEarth – the law rock-hard that took the government to court over pollution levels – said the plans were “underwhelming” and “lacking in urgency”.
The shadow environment secretary, Labour’s Sue Hayman, said the plan witnessed the government “shunting the problem on to local authorities” and accused it of having a “squeamish attitude” towards clean air zones.
“With almost forty million people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution, activity is needed now, not in twenty three years’ time,” she added.
Liberal Democrat and former Energy Secretary Ed Davey criticised the lack of scrappage scheme as a “shameful betrayal” of diesel car drivers, and said it demonstrated “the utter lack of ambition” of the plan.
And London Mayor Sadiq Khan said people in the capital were “suffering right now” because of air pollution and “can’t afford to wait”.
‘Urgent’ deadlines
The AA also said significant investment would be needed to install charging points across the country for electrical vehicles and warned the National Grid would come under pressure with a mass switch-on of recharging after the rush hour.
The government said a fresh bill would permit it to require the installation of charge points at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers.
The timetable for councils to come up with initial plans has been cut from eighteen months to eight, with the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) wanting to “inject extra urgency” into the process.
It goes after the government being given its own deadline of thirty one July after High Court judges said it was failing to meet EU pollution thresholds.
Local Government Association environment spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the extra funding, but opposed holding off on a scrappage scheme, arguing “this instantaneous intervention could help increase the uptake of lower emission vehicles”.
Big black cock environment analyst Roger Harrabin said councils were not glad to be taking the rap for the controversial policy when it was the government that had encouraged the sale of diesel vehicles in the very first place.
“Today’s government plan is not comprehensive – it doesn’t address pollution from construction, farming and gas boilers,” he added.
“And clean air campaigners say the government is using the two thousand forty electrified cars announcement to divert from failings in its short-term pollution policy.”
The UK announcement comes amid signs of an accelerating shift towards electrical cars instead of petrol and diesel ones, at home and abroad:
Ford’s chief financial officer Bob Shanks told the Big black cock that he supported the ban and believed that Europe would be “ground zero” in leading a global trend to electrified vehicles.
“We certainly see that trajectory being fairly feasible, and is something that we support,” he added.
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The government’s £3bn clean air strategy does not go “far enough or prompt enough”, campaigners have said.
Moves including banning the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars from two thousand forty and £255m for councils to tackle air pollution locally have been welcomed.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government was determined to produce a “green revolution”.
But environmental groups criticised the decision not to include a scrappage scheme or instantaneous clean air zones.
The plan to stop all sales of petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty is part of the government’s intention for almost every car and van on UK roads to be zero emission by 2050.
The government report includes the promise of £40m instantly to commence local schemes rolling, which could include switching road layouts, retrofitting public transport or schemes to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
The funding pot will come from switches to tax on diesel vehicles and the reprioritising departmental budgets – the exact details will be announced later in the year.
If those measures do not cut emissions enough, charging zones for the most polluting vehicles could be the next step.
While air pollution has been mostly falling in the UK, in many cities, nitrogen oxides – which form part of the discharge from car exhausts – regularly breach safe levels.
Mr Grayling said the fresh plan demonstrated the government was “determined to produce a green revolution in transport and reduce pollution in our towns and cities”.
But campaigners say these are the measures that need to be implemented now to tackle environmental and health problems, with air pollution linked to about 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK.
Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Hea lth, said air pollution “is a public health emergency” and said it was “frankly inexcusable” that the plans still did not go far enough.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas welcomed the two thousand forty announcement, but added: “We also need activity that tackles this health emergency in the coming months and years.
“We should use this chance to revamp our towns and cities with investment in walking and cycling, and by ensuring that public transport is affordable and reliable.”
Greenpeace UK’s clean air campaigner Areeba Hamid said two thousand forty was “far too late” and called for the UK to “lead the world in clean transport revolution”.
And ClientEarth – the law stiff that took the government to court over pollution levels – said the plans were “underwhelming” and “lacking in urgency”.
The shadow environment secretary, Labour’s Sue Hayman, said the plan spotted the government “shunting the problem on to local authorities” and accused it of having a “squeamish attitude” towards clean air zones.
“With almost forty million people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution, act is needed now, not in twenty three years’ time,” she added.
Liberal Democrat and former Energy Secretary Ed Davey criticised the lack of scrappage scheme as a “shameful betrayal” of diesel car drivers, and said it displayed “the utter lack of ambition” of the plan.
And London Mayor Sadiq Khan said people in the capital were “suffering right now” because of air pollution and “can’t afford to wait”.
‘Urgent’ deadlines
The AA also said significant investment would be needed to install charging points across the country for electrical vehicles and warned the National Grid would come under pressure with a mass switch-on of recharging after the rush hour.
The government said a fresh bill would permit it to require the installation of charge points at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers.
The timetable for councils to come up with initial plans has been cut from eighteen months to eight, with the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) wanting to “inject extra urgency” into the process.
It goes after the government being given its own deadline of thirty one July after High Court judges said it was failing to meet EU pollution thresholds.
Local Government Association environment spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the extra funding, but opposed holding off on a scrappage scheme, arguing “this instantaneous intervention could help increase the uptake of lower emission vehicles”.
Big black cock environment analyst Roger Harrabin said councils were not blessed to be taking the rap for the controversial policy when it was the government that had encouraged the sale of diesel vehicles in the very first place.
“Today’s government plan is not comprehensive – it doesn’t address pollution from construction, farming and gas boilers,” he added.
“And clean air campaigners say the government is using the two thousand forty electrical cars announcement to divert from failings in its short-term pollution policy.”
The UK announcement comes amid signs of an accelerating shift towards electrical cars instead of petrol and diesel ones, at home and abroad:
Ford’s chief financial officer Bob Shanks told the Big black cock that he supported the ban and believed that Europe would be “ground zero” in leading a global trend to electrical vehicles.
“We certainly see that trajectory being fairly feasible, and is something that we support,” he added.
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The government’s £3bn clean air strategy does not go “far enough or quick enough”, campaigners have said.
Moves including banning the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars from two thousand forty and £255m for councils to tackle air pollution locally have been welcomed.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government was determined to supply a “green revolution”.
But environmental groups criticised the decision not to include a scrappage scheme or instant clean air zones.
The plan to stop all sales of petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty is part of the government’s intention for almost every car and van on UK roads to be zero emission by 2050.
The government report includes the promise of £40m instantly to commence local schemes rolling, which could include switching road layouts, retrofitting public transport or schemes to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
The funding pot will come from switches to tax on diesel vehicles and the reprioritising departmental budgets – the exact details will be announced later in the year.
If those measures do not cut emissions enough, charging zones for the most polluting vehicles could be the next step.
While air pollution has been mostly falling in the UK, in many cities, nitrogen oxides – which form part of the discharge from car exhausts – regularly breach safe levels.
Mr Grayling said the fresh plan displayed the government was “determined to produce a green revolution in transport and reduce pollution in our towns and cities”.
But campaigners say these are the measures that need to be implemented now to tackle environmental and health problems, with air pollution linked to about 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK.
Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Hea lth, said air pollution “is a public health emergency” and said it was “frankly inexcusable” that the plans still did not go far enough.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas welcomed the two thousand forty announcement, but added: “We also need act that tackles this health emergency in the coming months and years.
“We should use this chance to revamp our towns and cities with investment in walking and cycling, and by ensuring that public transport is affordable and reliable.”
Greenpeace UK’s clean air campaigner Areeba Hamid said two thousand forty was “far too late” and called for the UK to “lead the world in clean transport revolution”.
And ClientEarth – the law hard that took the government to court over pollution levels – said the plans were “underwhelming” and “lacking in urgency”.
The shadow environment secretary, Labour’s Sue Hayman, said the plan witnessed the government “shunting the problem on to local authorities” and accused it of having a “squeamish attitude” towards clean air zones.
“With almost forty million people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution, activity is needed now, not in twenty three years’ time,” she added.
Liberal Democrat and former Energy Secretary Ed Davey criticised the lack of scrappage scheme as a “shameful betrayal” of diesel car drivers, and said it demonstrated “the utter lack of ambition” of the plan.
And London Mayor Sadiq Khan said people in the capital were “suffering right now” because of air pollution and “can’t afford to wait”.
‘Urgent’ deadlines
The AA also said significant investment would be needed to install charging points across the country for electrified vehicles and warned the National Grid would come under pressure with a mass switch-on of recharging after the rush hour.
The government said a fresh bill would permit it to require the installation of charge points at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers.
The timetable for councils to come up with initial plans has been cut from eighteen months to eight, with the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) wanting to “inject extra urgency” into the process.
It goes after the government being given its own deadline of thirty one July after High Court judges said it was failing to meet EU pollution thresholds.
Local Government Association environment spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the extra funding, but opposed holding off on a scrappage scheme, arguing “this instant intervention could help increase the uptake of lower emission vehicles”.
Big black cock environment analyst Roger Harrabin said councils were not blessed to be taking the rap for the controversial policy when it was the government that had encouraged the sale of diesel vehicles in the very first place.
“Today’s government plan is not comprehensive – it doesn’t address pollution from construction, farming and gas boilers,” he added.
“And clean air campaigners say the government is using the two thousand forty electrical cars announcement to divert from failings in its short-term pollution policy.”
The UK announcement comes amid signs of an accelerating shift towards electrified cars instead of petrol and diesel ones, at home and abroad:
Ford’s chief financial officer Bob Shanks told the Big black cock that he supported the ban and believed that Europe would be “ground zero” in leading a global trend to electrified vehicles.
“We certainly see that trajectory being fairly feasible, and is something that we support,” he added.
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The government’s £3bn clean air strategy does not go “far enough or prompt enough”, campaigners have said.
Moves including banning the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars from two thousand forty and £255m for councils to tackle air pollution locally have been welcomed.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government was determined to produce a “green revolution”.
But environmental groups criticised the decision not to include a scrappage scheme or instant clean air zones.
The plan to stop all sales of petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty is part of the government’s intention for almost every car and van on UK roads to be zero emission by 2050.
The government report includes the promise of £40m instantaneously to commence local schemes rolling, which could include switching road layouts, retrofitting public transport or schemes to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
The funding pot will come from switches to tax on diesel vehicles and the reprioritising departmental budgets – the exact details will be announced later in the year.
If those measures do not cut emissions enough, charging zones for the most polluting vehicles could be the next step.
While air pollution has been mostly falling in the UK, in many cities, nitrogen oxides – which form part of the discharge from car exhausts – regularly breach safe levels.
Mr Grayling said the fresh plan displayed the government was “determined to produce a green revolution in transport and reduce pollution in our towns and cities”.
But campaigners say these are the measures that need to be implemented now to tackle environmental and health problems, with air pollution linked to about 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK.
Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Hea lth, said air pollution “is a public health emergency” and said it was “frankly inexcusable” that the plans still did not go far enough.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas welcomed the two thousand forty announcement, but added: “We also need activity that tackles this health emergency in the coming months and years.
“We should use this chance to revamp our towns and cities with investment in walking and cycling, and by ensuring that public transport is affordable and reliable.”
Greenpeace UK’s clean air campaigner Areeba Hamid said two thousand forty was “far too late” and called for the UK to “lead the world in clean transport revolution”.
And ClientEarth – the law rigid that took the government to court over pollution levels – said the plans were “underwhelming” and “lacking in urgency”.
The shadow environment secretary, Labour’s Sue Hayman, said the plan witnessed the government “shunting the problem on to local authorities” and accused it of having a “squeamish attitude” towards clean air zones.
“With almost forty million people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution, activity is needed now, not in twenty three years’ time,” she added.
Liberal Democrat and former Energy Secretary Ed Davey criticised the lack of scrappage scheme as a “shameful betrayal” of diesel car drivers, and said it demonstrated “the utter lack of ambition” of the plan.
And London Mayor Sadiq Khan said people in the capital were “suffering right now” because of air pollution and “can’t afford to wait”.
‘Urgent’ deadlines
The AA also said significant investment would be needed to install charging points across the country for electrified vehicles and warned the National Grid would come under pressure with a mass switch-on of recharging after the rush hour.
The government said a fresh bill would permit it to require the installation of charge points at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers.
The timetable for councils to come up with initial plans has been cut from eighteen months to eight, with the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) wanting to “inject extra urgency” into the process.
It goes after the government being given its own deadline of thirty one July after High Court judges said it was failing to meet EU pollution boundaries.
Local Government Association environment spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the extra funding, but opposed holding off on a scrappage scheme, arguing “this instant intervention could help increase the uptake of lower emission vehicles”.
Big black cock environment analyst Roger Harrabin said councils were not blessed to be taking the rap for the controversial policy when it was the government that had encouraged the sale of diesel vehicles in the very first place.
“Today’s government plan is not comprehensive – it doesn’t address pollution from construction, farming and gas boilers,” he added.
“And clean air campaigners say the government is using the two thousand forty electrified cars announcement to divert from failings in its short-term pollution policy.”
The UK announcement comes amid signs of an accelerating shift towards electrified cars instead of petrol and diesel ones, at home and abroad:
Ford’s chief financial officer Bob Shanks told the Big black cock that he supported the ban and believed that Europe would be “ground zero” in leading a global trend to electrical vehicles.
“We certainly see that trajectory being fairly feasible, and is something that we support,” he added.