Birmingham

It is part of Birmingham City Council’s Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot, which aims to tackle the city’s poor air quality and support its net zero carbon target

The Environment Agency has accepted its payment to charity as an alternative to sanction or prosecution

Veolia’s energy recovery facility at Birmingham will process waste from a giant NHS Test and Trace laboratory to supply green energy

Motorists whose vehicles do not meed Clean Air Zone standards will have to pay up to £50 daily fee

The funding will support new pop-up cycle lanes and walking infrastructure

The owners of the most polluting vehicles will need to pay a daily charge to drive into or through the Clean Air Zone

The zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell double-deckers will be introduced with National Express West Midlands from April 2021

New GPS technology allows BMW hybrid models to switch to electric driving mode in designated areas of London and Birmingham

The clean air zone was expected to launch this summer but will be postponed to allow businesses and the public to focus on the pandemic

Climate neutrality by 2050 is unlikely for the UK without also ‘drastically reducing air travel and halving meat consumption’, according to a new report