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Eco Soundings: Ban amber traffic lights to cut pollution, says Brussels.
(From Guardian Unlimited)
Don't tell the motoring lobby, but Eco Soundings hears that Brussels wants to outlaw the amber signal on UK traffic lights, as part of efforts to curb pollution. Revving to race the lights is reckoned to produce an extra 1.4 tonnes of carbon -dioxide each day at ...
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