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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 ...

New runways (or airports) would breach legal limits for air pollution

Draft Aviation Policy Framework – Response from Clean Air in London Government and Mayor of London are lobbying to weaken air pollution laws Dear Sir or Madam I am writing ...

Government ‘Pollution Episode Warning’ on eve of Olympics Opening Ceremony

Government issues ‘Pollution Episode Warning’ as ozone in North Kensington, London, breaches ‘Public information threshold’ under UK and European law Adults and children with lung problems, and adults with heart ...

Mayor of London urged to warn all those affected by smog

Government website is predicting ‘Moderate’ air pollution in London for the next three days.  airTEXT is forecasting ‘Moderate’ 6/10 ozone levels at the Olympic Park on Wednesday   Government website says ...

Boris gets ‘nul points’

Vote for Jenny Jones (Green) or Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat); and give your second preference to Ken Livingstone (Labour).  Boris Johnson offers no new policies to reduce air pollution and ...

Guide to solutions: Mayor Johnson caught taking backward steps (again)

Mayoral election: Boris Johnson caught reducing health protections for Londoners Vote for Jenny Jones (Green) or Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat); and give your second preference to Ken Livingstone (Labour).  Boris ...

Public health fraud

Using pollution suppressants in front of the official air quality monitors most-used to warn the public of smog episodes and report legal breaches is public health fraud on an industrial ...

‘Clean Air in London’ launches manifesto for the Mayoral and London Assembly election

‘Clean Air in London’ calls on all the Mayoral candidates to promise in their manifestos to end the biggest public health crisis for decades We need a Mayor who will: ...

Manifesto for the Mayoral and London Assembly elections

A manifesto for ‘clean air in London’ for the Mayoral and London Assembly elections in 2012 London must lead the world in tackling ‘invisible’ air pollution as it did after ...

EIR request shows Mayor Johnson failing to warn Londoners and may be seeking to mislead us

Environmental information request shows Mayor Johnson is failing to warn Londoners and may be actively seeking to mislead us about the biggest public health crisis since the Great Smog of ...

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