Ban on polluting lorries pledged in Tories’ transport greenprint
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#5M5K5)
Delayed decarbonisation plan for achieving net zero emissions for transport by 2050 is published
New diesel and petrol lorries will be banned in Britain by 2040, under a greenprint" to decarbonise all types of transport by 2050.
The British government's long-awaited transport decarbonisation plan, finally published on 15 July, will include what is being billed as a world-leading pledge" to end the sale of all new polluting vehicles and move towards net zero domestic aviation emissions by 2040.
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