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Campaigning on Air Pollution in 2013, the EU Year of Air

Presentation to a fringe session at the Green Party Conference on 23 February 2013 chaired by Jean Lambert MEP and Keith Taylor MEP. See http://greenparty.org.uk/conference.html  

Mayor’s backward steps, wish lists for others and failure to tackle air pollution

Mayor has today lost control of his own destiny.  It is now up to ClientEarth and the Supreme Court or the European Commission to force action The Mayor of London ...

Tube dust is not ‘safe’

Health and Environment Committee air quality work programme  Clean Air in London (CAL) congratulates the Health and Environment Committee (Committee) on the publication of ‘Air pollution in London – Issues ...

WHAT about air pollution?

Presentation titled ‘WHAT about air pollution in West Hampstead and Camden?’ to West Hamsptead Amenity and Transport on 10 February 2014. Useful links: https://cleanair.london/ http://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/annualmaps.asp http://www.howpollutedismyroad.org.uk/roads.php http://www.howpollutedismyroad.org.uk/schools.php    

Mayor’s plans for tunnel between Silvertown and Greenwich peninsula are unlawful

Objection to the option of a new road tunnel between Silvertown and Greenwich peninsula Mayor should be prioritising measures to reduce air pollution, not increase it. In any event, breaches ...

Mayor must stop financially incentivising carcinogenic diesel exhaust

Consultation on proposed changes to the Congestion Charging Scheme (Greener Vehicle Discount) Dear Sir or Madam I am writing on behalf of Clean Air in London (CAL) with comments on ...

Quick guide to air pollution

Known health and other impacts of air pollution have risen much faster than levels of air pollution have fallen 1.      How bad is air pollution in London? London has ...

Most-read stories of 2012

A look back at the media releases and campaign letters that proved the most popular in 2012. January ‘Clean Air in London’ lodges complaint over breaches of air pollution laws ...

Mayor releases 750 pages of details about his lobbying to weaken air pollution laws

Mayor releases first tranche of information about his lobbying to weaken air pollution laws   Information reveals lobbying on an industrial scale to influence hundreds of organisations and individuals across Europe.  ...

Mayor caught lobbying to weaken international air pollution laws

Mayor of London is lobbying for ‘flexibility’ in possible new laws and hiding his communications with 11 other European cities and regions in the lobbying group BBC investigation discovers the Mayor’s ...

Government systematically hiding smog episodes 60 years after the ‘Great Smog’

Government hid a number of ‘High’ air pollution events during the Olympics and Paralympic Games.  Endurance athletes may have been affected.  Government also hid a ‘High’ pollution episode in parts ...

Public Health Presents…

Presentation titled ‘Building public understanding of air pollution’ to Public Health Presents – the tri-borough public health forum for the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and ...

Clean Air in Cities app

Download our app to keep up to date with air pollution at your location

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