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 ...
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 ...
A look back at the campaign letters and media releases that proved the most popular in 2014. January First ever rankings for Top 10 death rates for every borough in ...
Europe at its ‘best’ takes legal action against UK at its ‘worst’ on air pollution
European Commission (Commission) has sent the UK a ‘Letter of formal notice’ for breaching nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limit values in 16 of 43 zones. The UK is the first of ...
A look back at the campaign letters and media releases that proved the most popular in 2013 January Quick guide to air pollution and the ‘Year of Air’ https://cleanair.london/news/quick-guide-to-air-pollution/ Outcome: ...
Government lobbying for changes that would weaken emissions systems tests
Government is lobbying, with others in the Council of Ministers, for changes that would weaken new roadworthiness tests for emissions systems across Europe This is a Red Line issue. European ...
Government treats limit values with contempt by M4 bus lane
‘Clean Air in London’ (CAL) lodges formal three-part complaint with the European Commission ‘Part one’ of the Complaint is that the Secretary of State for Transport proceeded with the permanent ...
Government admits widespread breaches of air pollution laws
34 of 43 UK zones breached the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual limit value in 2012 Cardiff has joined Leicester, North Wales, Nottingham and Portsmouth in breaching the terms of their time ...
Government ‘cover-ups’ or legal breaches during consultation to scrap monitoring
Government’s four proposals to scrap or reduce Local Air Quality Management are unacceptable Government ‘covered-up’ and/or breached its legal duty to issue two separate ‘Information alerts’ to warn the public ...
EU (much) more ‘competent’ than UK Government on air quality
Call for Evidence: Environment and Climate Change Only the EU has competence to set Europe-wide product standards and environmental limits 75% of UK respondents to a recent Eurobarometer survey on ...
Boris Johnson must act in ‘Green Week’ in the ‘Year of Air’ after failing miserably to reduce air pollution London again has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a ...
Supreme Court declares UK in breach of nitrogen dioxide legal limits and refers case to the Court of Justice of the European Union Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean ...
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