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A POLLUTION charge is set to be imposed on vehicles in the city centre from August.

Berlin coalition almost agrees on how to battle climate change The politicians agreed in 2019 that something has to be done and have been arguing ever since. A committee will make the final decision. Artikel anhören Photo: dpaMore environmentally friendly, yes. But how? Berlin - Oil-fired heating systems as well as coal stoves should be banned and parking fees increased "gradually and in a socially acceptable way," Berlin's ruling coalition agreed Wednesday as part of an effort to make the city climate-neutral. The group agreed on about 98 per cent of the items in the coalition climate agre...

Polluting traffic could soon be charged for driving into Oxford city centre

A cycling bollard in Cowley. PLANS to transform three areas of Cowley into Low Traffic Neighbourhoods will officially begin on Monday. The schemes, which aim to stop drivers using residential streets as shortcuts, and improve safety and air quality have been in the pipeline since last year. Now, after a consultation which found residents largely agree with the ideas behind the scheme, but also proposed some changes, rollout begins on March 1. Yvonne Constance, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, said: “We have listened to what transport and o...

Oxford approves UK's first local air quality targets Oxford City Council has approved local air pollution targets through to 2025 that are stricter than the national legal target. Actions covering emissions from transport, heating, industry and services have been developed to support the delivery of the new target In what it claims is a UK first, members of the Council’s cabinet voted this week to approve an Air Quality Action Plan spanning 2021-2025. The Plan is headlined by a commitment to ensure that levels of NO2 are no higher than 30 micrograms per cubic metre of air (30 µg/m3) by the...