Resident groups mounting a high court challenge to plans for a fresh wharf in Greenwich say diesel emissions from docked liners would breach legal limitsToxic fumes from large cruise liners powered by giant diesel engines will worsen London’s air pollution and could prevent the city from assembly its EU legal limits on deadly nitrogen oxide emissions, says resident groups opposing a fresh terminal.
Plans for a wharf in the Thames that would be able to handle 240 metre-long cruise liners carrying up to 1800 passengers and 600 crew were approved by Greenwich council last July but are being challenged in the high court by residents.
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Source: theguardian.com