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Defra must comply fully with the Aarhus Convention

Clean Air in London’s response to Defra Consultation on the UK’s Implementation Report 2021 The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation and Decision Making and Access to Justice in ...

A new Clean Air Act before COP26

On the eve of Clean Air Day 2020, Clean Air in London is calling for a new Clean Air Act before COP26 The Conservative Party gave us the first Clean ...

Draft Environment Bill is just ‘smoke and mirrors’. We need a new Clean Air Act!

The Government has unveiled a new Environment Bill that is extremely disappointing and pale in comparison to its ground-breaking predecessor in 1995. Worse, days after the Prime Minister claimed that ...

ULEZ is another important step on the path to banning diesel

Air pollution is the world’s largest environmental health risk, killing about seven million people every year. The ULEZ is being implemented almost exactly 10 years after ‘Clean Air in London’ ...

Sixth Global Environment Outlook GEO6

UN Environment’s sixth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO6) was published at UNEA4.   GEO6 is the most comprehensive report on the global environment since 2012. It: covers air, land, oceans/marine, freshwater ...

‘Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill’ published with full legal text

Baroness Jenny Jones (Green Party) ‘introduced’ the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill to the House of Lords on 5 July 2018 i.e. the 62nd anniversary of the first Clean Air ...

#CodeYellow for Liverpool Marathon and Great Manchester Run

Clean Air in London has issued a #CodeYellow warning to the organisers of the ‘Rock and Roll Liverpool Marathon’ and ‘Great Manchester Run’ for MODERATE air pollution on Sunday 20 ...

Europe at its ‘best’ is taking UK at its ‘worst’ to Court on NO2 air pollution

European Commission (Commission) has referred the UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for its failure to comply with limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) ‘as ...

#ULEZ and #TCharge are important steps on the path to banning carcinogenic diesel fumes

#ULEZ and #TCharge are important steps on the path to banning carcinogenic diesel fumes in London.  But Mayor Khan must take bigger, stronger and smarter steps to keep his manifesto ...

Open letter to Mayor Khan seeking urgent action on tube dust

Air pollution in the London Underground (‘tube dust’): expert health advice; warnings; and action Dear Sadiq I am writing on behalf of Clean Air in London (CAL) about air pollution ...

Blame Maggie Thatcher and every Government since for knowingly poisoning us with carcinogenic diesel fumes

Blame Maggie Thatcher and every Government since for knowingly poisoning us with carcinogenic diesel fumes Government’s new nitrogen dioxide (NO2) plan reveals bigger problems and less action than expected and ...

Brixton Road breaches NO2 hourly legal limit for 2017 in five days

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) hourly legal limit for the whole of 2017 has been breached in London in just five days World Health Organisation guideline is for no human exposure to ...

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