London, which has some of Europe's worst air pollution, may have to ban cars and reschedule events during the 2012 Olympics to ensure optimum conditions for athletes, a leading air-quality scientist said. The U.K. capital is in a "new era" of air pollution, mostly caused by emissions from diesel-powered cars, vans and buses, said Professor Frank Kelly, director of the King's College Environmental Research Group. The city of 7.5 million residents has the worst record for nitrogen dioxide pollutants among European capitals and one of the worst for dangerous airborne particles. Politicians including Mayor Boris Johnson aren't doing enough to cleanse the air, Kelly said. Beijing last year and Athens in 2004 struggled with air pollution during the games.
The U.K. capital is in a "new era" of air pollution, mostly caused by emissions from diesel-powered cars, vans and buses, said Professor Frank Kelly, director of the King's College Environmental Research Group.
The city of 7.5 million residents has the worst record for nitrogen dioxide pollutants among European capitals and one of the worst for dangerous airborne particles. Politicians including Mayor Boris Johnson aren't doing enough to cleanse the air, Kelly said. Beijing last year and Athens in 2004 struggled with air pollution during the games.
Politicians including Mayor Boris Johnson aren't doing enough to cleanse the air, Kelly said. Beijing last year and Athens in 2004 struggled with air pollution during the games
Err, British politicians don't do things, they make speeches saying they will be done and then move on. Actually getting things done is just so proletarian. After all, their peer group isn't impressed by such things, only by the quality of the speech and the quality of the sponsors who support you.
and if they were worried about air quality why didn't they demand it be fixed BEFORE they gave it to a shithole like london ? keep to the Fen Causeway
