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Calls for a new clean air act in the UK

2016-07-10 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Last week Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, joined campaigners to call for a new clean air act. This July marks the 60th anniversary of the original legislation that transformed the air in our cities and saved many lives. The Act followed the deaths of nearly 13,000 Londoners in the 1952 and 1956 smogs. Government finally accepted that regulating factory chimneys was not enough. We had to tackle home fires, too. This was politically difficult, since a cheery fire was seen as the heart of a family...

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