Submitted on Tuesday 14th February 2017
Published on Thursday 23rd February 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 10
Incentivise the switch from diesel to electric & low emission petrol vehicles.
Diesel vehicles cause thousands of deaths per year and unnecessarily put huge pressure on the health service. An incentivised scrap & switch scheme for diesel vehicles is the only way the government can ensure pollution is reduced and diesel cars are taken off the road.
"UK air pollution 'linked to 40,000 early deaths a year'" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35629034
"Diesel cars should be phased out to stop pollution deaths, says Chief Medical Officer " - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/30/diesel-cars-should-phased-stop-pollution-deaths-says-chief-medical/
"Five facts about diesel the car industry would rather not tell you" - https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/publications/2015_09_Five_facts_about_diesel_FINAL.pdf
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