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…
Health
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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Carcinogenic diesel exhaust disclosed for every significant road in London
24 June 2013
Clean Air in London used powerful European access to environmental information laws to obtain 1.5…
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Launch of Clean Air in Cities app and Birkett Index
22 May 2013
‘World first’: Launch of Clean Air in Cities IndexTM (or Birkett IndexTM) and App to…
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‘Tube dust’: broken promises, ‘blind eye turned’ and duty breached
25 April 2013
Promises broken about informing the public about ‘tube dust’ Mayor of London ‘turning a blind…
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‘Free market’ anarchists lobbying EU Environment Ministers to weaken health protections
18 April 2013
‘Year of Air’ in 2013 Government is expected to lobby for weaker public health protections…
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