Tunnel Cleaning Train delayed until 2017 or later
17 August 2014
Delays blamed on need to ensure ‘asbestos containing material’ across 98% of network is ‘removed…
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Air pollution revealed at Mayor’s 187 Air Quality Focus Areas for first time
13 August 2014
Information obtained using powerful European access to environmental information laws despite obstruction by Defra. Mayor…
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Boris takes backward steps on his own ULEZ
29 July 2014
Mayor announces plans for £10 daily charge for pre-Euro 6 diesel vehicles entering the central…
First ever rankings of Top 10 death rates for every London borough
8 January 2014
London Health Commission urged to consider separately exposures, health impacts and outcomes. Prevention is better…
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Stop hiding air pollution and ban diesel exhaust in two stages to 2020 as coal was banned 60 years ago
7 December 2013
Ultra low emission zone: Diesel exhaust is the problem; and banning it is the solution…
Latest national and local death rates for air pollution
6 November 2013
Hillingdon tops ‘National list of shame’ for increase in deaths attributable to air pollution (PM2.5). …
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Response to ‘Call for Evidence – Review of the Clean Air Act’
29 October 2013
Call for Evidence excludes the Government’s views or proposed policy options and has not considered the feasibility of implementing…
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It’s official: Outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer
17 October 2013
World Health Organisation classifies outdoor air pollution and particulate matter as carcinogenic to humans The specialised cancer…
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Defra did cover-up smog warnings and would scrap local monitoring
11 September 2013
Government covered-up three legally-required smog warnings in the fortnight after launching a consultation proposing the…
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Government ‘cover-ups’ or legal breaches during consultation to scrap monitoring
14 August 2013
Government’s four proposals to scrap or reduce Local Air Quality Management are unacceptable Government ‘covered-up’…
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