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(h/t Raining Sky) Bad news for people with asthma – and London motorists. Attempts to clean up the city's air by charging drivers of polluting vehicles to enter a "low emission zone" didn't get off to a good start. Launched in 2008, the zone requires coaches, lorries and buses that fail to meet low-emission standards to pay a charge to enter the city. The scheme was projected to deliver drastic reductions in polluting gases and particles – levels of nitrogen oxides were predicted to drop 10 per cent in 2012, for example. But in its first three years, there was no change in air quality, says Frank Kelly at King's College London.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_low-emiss-zone.jpg