Ahead of a debate on air quality\u00a0brought forward by Labour in the Scottish Parliament, Transform Scotland has contributed to a parliamentary briefing on air pollution\u00a0in Scotland.<\/p>\n
The briefing, published\u00a0by Friends of the Earth Scotland, Sustrans Scotland, British Heart Foundation Scotland and Transform Scotland, will inform MSPs on the risks and impacts of air pollution\u00a0and offer advice and recommendations for\u00a0improving air quality in Scotland’s cities.<\/p>\n
Many areas of Scotland’s cities are currently in breach of Scottish and European air quality regulatory\u00a0standards, presenting significant risks to public health. The Scottish Government has recently set out new air quality targets in the ‘Cleaner Air for Scotland’ Strategy, which aims to make Scotland to have the cleanest air in Europe by 2020. While this new target is\u00a0welcomed, the Strategy fails to outline the specifics of\u00a0how new air quality standards will be met.<\/p>\n
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Ahead of a debate on air quality\u00a0brought forward by Labour in the Scottish Parliament, Transform Scotland has contributed to a parliamentary briefing on air pollution\u00a0in Scotland. The briefing, published\u00a0by Friends of the Earth Scotland, Sustrans Scotland, British Heart Foundation Scotland and Transform Scotland, will inform MSPs on the risks and impacts of air pollution\u00a0and offer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[70,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n