As the new parliamentary session kicks off, our Chairman Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, reiterates our call for the Government to update the MOT Test for efficiency testing of diesel particulate filters. This small step would have a massive impact on…
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WCRAQ continues to push for policy change to save lives from air pollution
Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, and Chairman of the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality (WCRAQ) submitted a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons, asking the Government to update the MOT test to include an efficiency test for DPFs (diesel particulate filters). The Bill passed the first test with no objections, and the second reading will take place on 18 March.
The official journal of WCRAQ has been published
Fleet Vision International magazine Winter 2022 is out now! Read the WCRAQ working party reports and our update on the Ten-Minute Bill for stricter MOT tests in the UK from page 58 onwards. The seventh issue of the thought-leading publication…
Barry Sheerman MP files Ten-Minute Rule Bill for stricter MOT tests in the UK
n Tuesday, Our Chairman Barry Sheerman MP presented a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons. A Ten-Minute Rule Bill is how MPs can argue for a particular law to be made or changed.
Tighter emission standards for HGVs in London from today
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today has introduced London-wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standard for Heavy Goods Vehicles. Sadiq Khan is today tightening emission standards for heavy vehicles. HGVs, buses and coaches must now meet Euro VI emission standards,…
The official journal of WCRAQ, Winter 2021, has been published
The third edition of the new thought-leading magazine for the improvement of air quality has now been published. Read your copy today and don’t hesitate to share it with colleagues. Click on the cover to read FVI. What can you read…
Scottish Clean Air Plan does not go far enough, charities speak out
Charities including Friends of the Earth Scotland, the British Heart Foundation, and the British Lung Foundation have all labelled the Cleaner Air for Scotland plan as a ‘huge missed opportunity’.
European governments failing to act to protect citizens from air pollution
Pollutants from farming, heating and vehicles exceed WHO and EU levels to ensure breathable air, data reveals. Governments over Europe are failing to protect citizens from toxic air pollution, with most Europeans continuing to breath in the dirty air of…
More urban low emission zones planned for 2021 in France
European rules are tightening in urban France as 11 urban low emission zones are planned for 2021, with an additional 35 by 2025. The number of low emission zones in France will rise dramatically in coming years, the ministries of…
LowCVP welcomes the next critical step on the road to net zero transport
Comments on the announcement of 2030 end to sales of ‘conventional’ petrol & diesel cars and vans included in the Prime Minister’s ‘Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’ The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) welcomes the Government’s announcement…