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The Councilor for Sustainable Development and Huerta, Antonio Navarro, has responded to the spokesman of the Municipal Socialist Group, José Antonio Serrano, that "the work we have been doing for years from the City Council to reduce CO2 emissions and improve the quality of the city is undeniable and unquestionable. air in our municipality. "

Navarro has criticized that "in the PSOE they dedicate themselves to making demagogic criticism about specific situations and supervening as the warning of this week that has been due to the intrusion of African dust. Obviously in the middle of August it is difficult that there is pollution since the traffic decreases considerably. "

"If they have positive proposals, instead of easy criticisms, that they make them and they will be welcome. Also in the PSOE they would have to congratulate Murcia as one of the only eight cities in Spain to have a health protection protocol when They detect pollution peaks, "said the mayor.

The Councilor for Sustainable Development recalled that "for four years there are innumerable actions put in place to reduce CO2 emissions. We promote the use of electric vehicles, we have implemented the bicycle action plan, we work on pedestrianization from the urban center and we use clean energy in municipal vehicles. "

To this "are added the different tree plantations carried out, sustainable mobility actions, energy efficiency measures, climate change adaptation and mitigation plans ..."

Among the last actions carried out, the petition to the Autonomous Community to increase the number of measuring stations and the development of an agreement with researchers from the University of Murcia to prepare a technical report on the air quality of the municipality stands out.

"One of our main objectives and in it we are working with effort is to breathe a quality air, without episodes of pollution, making Murcia a sustainable city that guarantees the health of citizens."

Navarro has concluded by saying that "from Murcia City Council we will continue working to reduce the CO2 emissions of our municipality to meet the next objective of reducing emissions by 40% in 2030, a commitment acquired after our accession to the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in 2016 ".

Source: PP Murcia