Pollution news

Pledge to make a difference this Clean Air Day

Birmingham City Council will celebrate Clean Air Day on 17 June with a week-long engagement event in the city centre, designed to encourage people to consider how they can help reduce air pollution.

Published 16th June 2021.

• Car Free School Streets are coming to Birmingham

  A pioneering scheme that closes roads around schools to motorised traffic for up to an hour at the start and end of the school day is being piloted in Birmingham from this September.

  Published 9th July 2019.

• Joint statement from Birmingham City Council and Leeds City Council regarding Clean Air Zone delays

  The introduction of the UK’s first Clean Air Zones is to be significantly postponed due to a Government delay in delivering digital systems required to make the zones operational and enforceable.

  Published 18th June 2019.

• £15m, or 39%, of Clean Air Fund support earmarked for taxi drivers

  Cllr Waseem Zaffar, cabinet member for transport and environment, explains why the city council has earmarked 39% of its Clean Air Fund support from government for taxi drivers

  Published 23rd April 2019.

• Government approval for Birmingham Clean Air Zone plans

  Birmingham City Council’s plan for a Clean Air Zone to help tackle the problem of air pollution in the city has received Government approval.

  Published 13th March 2019.

• Council to consult on Clean Air Strategy for Birmingham

  Cabinet is set to agree the launch of a consultation seeking the city’s input into a wide-ranging strategy to help deliver cleaner air across the whole of Birmingham.

  Published 11th January 2019.

• Council publishes Full Business Case for Birmingham Clean Air Zone

  Birmingham City Council has published its final proposals for a Clean Air Zone to help tackle the problem of air pollution in the city.

  Published 7th December 2018.

• Clean Air Zone consultation plans to go before Cabinet

  Cabinet is being asked to give the go-ahead for the council to consult on plans to reduce air pollution in Birmingham and protect the health of those who live and work in the city.

  Published 19th June 2018.

• Cleaner cabs project scoops National Air Quality Award

  A pioneering project to retrofit Hackney carriages in Birmingham with cleaner, greener LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) engines has won a national award.

  Published 24th November 2017.

• Cleaner hydrogen buses to be given green light

  Cabinet is being asked to approve a pilot scheme which will see at least 20 new cleaner, zero emission hydrogen-fuelled buses take to Birmingham’s roads.

  Published 23rd October 2017.

• National Clean Air Day activities confirmed

  Details of activities taking place across Birmingham for the first ever National Clean Air Day have been confirmed.

  

  Published 9th June 2017.

• National Clean Air Day in Birmingham

  Employers, schools and communities in Birmingham are being urged to get involved in the first ever National Clean Air Day next month.

  

  Published 25th May 2017.

• Blueprint for Low Carbon Fuel Infrastructure

  Birmingham City Council launched its ‘City Blueprint for Low Carbon Fuel Infrastructure’ in February 2015 at the Council House.

  Published 1st March 2017.