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Cars on the road biggest polluter at Heathrow
Labours environment spokesperson has called on the Mayor and BAA to do more to improve air quality around Heathrow as latest figures obtained when the recent cloud of volcanic ash grounded the planes show that most of Heathrows...[more]
London singled out in 300 million final warning
Labour's environment spokesman on the London Assembly calls on Boris Johnson to take urgent action to improve London's air as the UK faces a 300m European fine. [more]
Boris gets the Royal Parks but who pays?
Murad Qureshi AM has cautiously welcomed the transfer of the Royal Parks to the London Mayor, but he wants to know where the upkeep money is to come from. [more]
Boris half-hearted on climate change
The Mayor's Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy is yet another half-hearted attempt, according to Labour's Assembly spokesperson on the environment. Murad Qureshi said: "This draft is a half-baked attempt by...[more]
London is the bad boy of air pollution in Europe
In light of the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee's report on air pollution in the UK and in particular London, Murad Qureshi AM believes London is now the bad boy of air quality in Europe. He has regularly...[more]
Mayor costing London dear with LEZ delay
Murad Qureshi AM has learned that the Mayor decided to delay phase III of the Low Emission Zone knowing full well it would cost TfL an additional 600,000 to do so. In addition, the Mayor was made aware that the postponement...[more]
Mayor Johnson unplugs electric cars
It's not surprising that there is a massive gap between what Boris says and what Boris does to mitigate climate change. Barely eight years ago he was a massive climate change denier stating categorically in his Telegraph column:...[more]
