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EAC inquiry damns Government’s failure

No Parliamentary Select Committee can ever have published a more damning report of a Government’s failure to protect its people from harm CAL welcomes the EAC’s blistering attack on the ...

Nitrogen dioxide and racial and social inequalities

Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Area 5F Ergon House Horseferry Road London SW1P 2AL 11 October 2011 Dear Secretary of State Nitrogen dioxide and racial ...

Clean Air Act must be updated for modern fuels and technologies and be enforced

Red Tape Challenge Cabinet Office 70 Whitehall London SW1A 2AS By email: [email protected] 21 September 2011 Dear Sir or Madam Red Tape Challenge – Environment – Air Quality Clean Air Act ...

Government fails to justify time extension to comply with EU limit values for nitrogen dioxide

The Rt. Hon. Caroline Spelman MP Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs c/o Ekoere Dienne Atmosphere and Local Environment Programme Defra Area 5F Ergon House Horseferry Road ...

Government issues national ‘High pollution episode warning: First “summer-smog” of 2011’

‘Bad Air Day (B.A.D.) 2011 for particles’ as PM10 daily limit value for a whole year is breached in London in less than four months – more than two months ...

Olympic Transport Plan would lead to breaches of air pollution laws

Hugh Sumner Director of Transport Olympic Delivery Authority One Churchill Place Canary Wharf London E14 5LN Mayor Johnson Chairman Transport for London Windsor House 42-50 Victoria Street London SW1H 0TL ...

Government obtains the right to add or substitute exceptions to avoid disclosing information

Government obtains the right to add or substitute exceptions to avoid disclosing information Information may relate to European Commission’s imminent infraction decision on PM10 The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) ...

Government attempts to keep London air pollution information secret

Friends of the Earth/Clean Air in London press release Government attempts to keep London air pollution information secret A freedom of information tribunal is being urged by environmental campaigners to ...

Government response to Parliament’s EAC Report into air quality shows it is in a muddle

Government response to Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee Report into Air Quality shows it is in a muddle.  Ministers think they can choose when they comply with public health laws ‘Government ...

‘Clean Air in London’ fighting Government appeal against Order to release details including Ministerial briefings

‘Clean Air in London’ is joining Information Commissioner’s Office at Information Tribunal on 11 and 12 May to fight Government appeal against Order to release details including Ministerial briefings relating ...

EAC must be congratulated for its hard-hitting inquiry and report into air quality

Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) must be congratulated on its hard-hitting inquiry and report into air quality: ‘Early deaths from air pollution shame UK’ ‘Clean Air in London’ (CCAL) has unearthed ...

Minister acknowledges possibility of 35,000 premature deaths in a year due to air pollution in the UK

Government Minister acknowledges, for the very first time, the possibility of 35,000 premature deaths in a year due to air pollution in the UK ‘Clean Air in London’ urges Environmental ...

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