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
Simon Birkett
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
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
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
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
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
Presentation to the Institute of Air Quality Management AGM on 17 November 2011
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
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
The Transport Committee Reply to the call for evidence submitted by: Clean Air in London 11 October 2011 Sulphur emissions by ships 1. The Transport Committee has invited written evidence on the implementation of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and European Union (EU) regulations on sulphur emissions by ships with a view to holding an … Read more
Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Area 5F Ergon House Horseferry Road London SW1P 2AL 11 October 2011 Dear Secretary of State Nitrogen dioxide and racial and social inequalities I am writing to express my grave concerns regarding omissions in the recent consultation conducted by Defra on Plans and Programmes for … Read more
Presentation to the Camfil Farr Roadshow on 10 October 2011
