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AIR pollution levels in Oxford dropped to the lowest levels in ten years in 2020 as a result of the gruelling coronavirus lockdowns. The latest data from air quality monitoring stations spread across the city has shown an average decrease of 29 per cent, which the council says has achieved the lowest levels of air pollution since it first started recording levels in 1996. The 29 per cent reduction in air pollution levels is equivalent to the level of reduction achieved during the ten-year period between 2009 and 2019. Tom Hayes, deputy leader of Oxford City Council said: “The air th...

The electric vehicle charging superhub planned for Redbridge Park and Ride. Picture: Pivot Power The council is also introducing a Zero Emissions Zone in the city centre later this year to reduce air pollution, which will require all drivers using fossil fuel burning cars to pay a fee. Tom Hayes, the city council's deputy leader, said: "For Oxford to go zero carbon by 2040, we need to electrify a lot more of our transportation." Once finished, it is claimed the Superhub will be the most powerful charging station of its kind in all of Europe, though it may not keep the crown for long...

Oxford City Council headquarters in St Aldates AN Oxford City Council plan for reducing the amount of carbon emitted in the city to net zero by 2040 has been criticised by opposition politicians. The Net Zero Oxford action plan, released on the city council website on March 23, was ridiculed by Green and Liberal Democrat opposition politicians. The document, sent out ahead of the 'purdah' period before local elections when councils can no longer actively promote political projects, is described as a plan for 'bringing about a net zero carbon city by 2040 or earlier—ten whole years ahe...

OXFORD City Council has done its people proud this week by signing off not one but two innovative initiatives.