[cleanairuk_news] London: GLA lobbying in EU institutions on air quality laws

[Network for Clean Air]

In December 2011, The Greater London Authority joined a lobby group called
Air-Quality Initiative of the Regions. The members are regional and local
authorities with substantial industrial plant in their area, and the
Greater London Authority is also a member. This seems slightly odd since
London is not thought-of an industrial area although it has a air
pollution problem (mostly related to traffic and insufficient traffic
restraint, etc).

There's now quite a bit about this online, especially in relation to
information released under the Environmental Information Regulations by
the GLA this month, December 2012. A review is below.

Andrew Wood, Co-ordinator Clean Air UK/ Network for Clean Air.

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Here's a review of some articles about it:

Initial reporting about Air-Quality Initiative of the Regions from
EurActiv (DECEMBER 2011): http://goo.gl/DZ4iG

Information released to Clean Air UK  / Network for Clean Air (20 December
2012) by the GLA about its relationship with Air-Quality Initiative of the
Regions: http://t.co/1t06wmQU

Clean Air in London reporting:
http://cleanairinlondon.org/legal/mayor-releases-750-pages-of-details-about-his-lobbying-to-weaken-air-pollution-laws/
and
http://cleanairinlondon.org/legal/mayor-caught-lobbying-to-weaken-international-air-pollution-laws/

BBC reporting on the Sunday Politics London show:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p4hd4#programme-broadcasts Reference at
the end of the programme.

Guardian blog report by Dave Hill (although his sources of the information
is a bit mixed up:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2012/dec/05/boris-johnson-london-great-smog-anniversary