Defra’s belated consultation on short-term plans for PM10
The Rt. Hon. Caroline Spelman MP c/o Atmosphere and Local Environment Programme Defra Area 5F Ergon House Horseferry Road London SW1P 3AL Sent by email: [email protected] 6 January 2012 Dear Secretary of State Failure to consult on air quality plans by 30 November 2011 negates London’s time extension to comply with legal limits for dangerous ... Read more
EIR request shows Mayor Johnson failing to warn Londoners and may be seeking to mislead us
Environmental information request shows Mayor Johnson is failing to warn Londoners and may be actively seeking to mislead us about the biggest public health crisis since the Great Smog of 1952. 4,000 early deaths in 1952 changed the world but 4,000 in the Olympic year are considered ‘room for improvement’ Mayor Johnson’s response to this ... Read more
Introduction to air pollution
1. What are the health impacts of air pollution? Air pollution is much worse than most of us have realised. When compared to other environmental factors affecting public health only smoking causes more early deaths in the UK. Worse still, the health impacts are concentrated in busy urban areas such as London. The Committee on the ... Read more
Introduction to smog
This webpage provides links to posts and pages about smog in London. See also Clean Air in London posts tagged ‘smog’. 1. Articles in the media http://delicious.com/CleanAirLondon 2. Air quality forecasting airTEXT http://www.airtext.info/ Defra: UK-AIR homepage http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/ Defra: Last 24 hours http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/currentlevels?period=24 Defra: Latest measurement summary http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/?zone_id=15&Submit=View&type=forecast Defra: Latest measured levels http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/currentlevels Defra: Forecast in words ... Read more
Most-read stories of 2011
The most-read stories of 2011 A look back at the campaign letters and updates that proved the most popular during the year. January Government attempts to keep London air pollution information secret https://cleanair.london/legal/government-attempts-to-keep-london-air-pollution-information-secret/ ‘Clean Air in London’ exacts promise of cleaner air in WEZ area from Mayor of London https://cleanair.london/legal/mayor-promises-to-mitigate-impact-of-wez-removal/ February Take 10 steps for ... Read more
Introduction to Pollution Check
Clean Air in London (CAL) aims to do a Pollution Check every day in the same residential area in central London. Headline results are tweeted at https://twitter.com/cleanairlondon CAL uses a TSI Handheld Particle Counter 9306-V2 to undertake these Pollution Checks. Full specification details are attached below. The Aerotrak 9306-V2 measures the number of particles per ... Read more
Introduction to the Pollution Suppressor
This webpage provides links to posts and pages about the Pollution Suppressor in London. See also the YouTube video of the Pollution Suppressor operating by the Marylebone Road air quality monitor most-used to warn the public of smog episodes and legal breaches http://youtu.be/WUkvGkDOyYA and Clean Air in London posts tagged ‘Pollution Suppressor’. Articles in the media http://delicious.com/CleanAirLondon Boris Johnson’s ... Read more
Government keeps new ‘right’ under FOI/EIR laws
Court of Appeal decision: Government keeps new right to ‘rely as of right’ upon a different exception or exceptions in proceedings before the Information Commissioner and/or the First-tier Tribunal for refusing to disclose environmental information ‘Clean Air in London’ considers the judgment not fully consistent with the need for urgency implicit in case law of ... Read more
High levels of ‘tube dust’
Mayor Johnson Chairman Transport for London Windsor House 42-50 Victoria Street London SW1H OTL 18 December 2011 Dear Mayor Johnson Environmental information request reveals high levels of ‘tube dust’ in London Concentrations of airborne particles in the London Underground (tube dust) are much higher than those measured in Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Rome, Stockholm or San ... Read more
EAC inquiry damns Government’s failure
No Parliamentary Select Committee can ever have published a more damning report of a Government’s failure to protect its people from harm CAL welcomes the EAC’s blistering attack on the Government for failing to act on the biggest public health crisis since the Great Smog of 1952 and its stinging criticism of the Mayor’s failure ... Read more
Eight wins for ‘Clean Air in London’ in new London Plan
Mayor of London ‘found out’ after looking – yet again – for a loophole to avoid compliance with air quality laws Eight wins for ‘Clean Air in London’ in new London Plan (and five letters between lawyers). Key themes for campaigners, developers, the Mayor and local authorities Restrictions on development in the most polluted parts of ... Read more
Clean Air in Cities app
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The app shows current levels of ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) globally and the health impact of long-term exposure to PM2.5 for populations in England
