News Reader: A mass
rally will take place tonight outside the Houses of Parliament in protest at
findings in a report released yesterday about pollution levels in the Capital.
The study conducted by the Centre for Clean Air Policy Group has revealed that
London is the second most polluted city in Europe. Earlier today POP FM’s
Political Correspondent Bill Pope, spoke to Sue Smedley, the organiser of this
evening’s protest.
Bill Pope: The release of yesterday’s report has caused quite a stir in Westminster and
already protesters are beginning to gather ahead of this evening’s rally. The
report was incredibly critical of the Government’s attempts to reduce carbon
emissions in London, a city second only to Moscow in Europe in terms of its
pollution levels. I spoke to Sue Smedley whose ‘No to Carbon’ pressure group is
behind tonight’s protest, earlier today about what she hopes to achieve.
Sue Smedley: What we want is for this Government to come good on the promises they made
before they were elected. We were told that Greenhouse Emissions targets would
be met by 2020 but yesterday’s report is clear that they cannot be met until
2035 at the earliest. The Tories promised they would lead the world in
environmental protection yet only Moscow has higher pollution levels than us.
We are here to demand change and if that means the resignation of Michael Gove,
then so-be-it.
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