Doctors and environmentalists want serious measures to improve air quality

Doctors and environmentalists have joined forces to call for serious measures to improve local air quality. 28 medical and environmental organisations have lent their name to the joint call, which urges legislators to create permanent pedestrian zones in village cores, make green areas accessible to all members of the public and do more to encourage renewable energy and green transport use, among other things. They have listed a series of measures they want to see implemented and urged citizens to speak to their local councillors and MPs to encourage them to push this green agenda. A key element of their proposal is the need for air and noise pollution, mental health issues and Malta’s obesity problem to be taken as seriously as the COVID-19 pandemic:Among the measures proposed: • Encourage remote working where possible• Create larger permanent pedestrian zones in village and town cores • Investing in improved public transport • Make green areas accessible to all members of the public • Creating an Emission Control Area in the sea, to reduce sea pollution by ships and boats• Ensuring a national air pollution control plan is fully and properly implemented • Improving cycling and...