Air pollution
London drivers ditching diesel cars six times faster than rest of UK
Abandoning of polluting vehicles has accelerated since expansion of ultra-low emission zone announced
Matthew Taylor
22, Oct, 2021 @8:12 AM
Pollutionwatch: the solvable problem of home wood burners
Wood burning is causing dirty air from the UK to Australia, but a study shows incentives to switch can work
Gary Fuller
22, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
Row erupts over air purifiers at NSW schools as parents fear Covid spread
P&Cs raise thousands to buy air filter machines – only to have them knocked back by authorities
Cait Kelly
19, Oct, 2021 @9:49 PM
English councils issue only 19 fines for wood smoke despite 18,000 complaints
Mums for Lungs writes to health secretary calling for toxic wood-burning stoves to be banned by 2027
Robyn Vinter
14, Oct, 2021 @11:08 AM
Wood burner debate stoked up by scientists | Letters
Letters: Simon Fairlie takes issue with what he sees as alarmism about the environmental damage done by wood-burning stoves, while Peter Baddeley wonders why being green is so in conflict with being ‘clean’
Letters
11, Oct, 2021 @5:23 PM
‘Eco’ wood stoves emit 750 times more pollution than an HGV, study shows
Only ecodesign stoves can be legally sold from 2022 – but experts say the standard is shockingly weak
Damian Carrington Environment editor
09, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM
‘It was war’: school-run parents tackle petrol crisis traffic chaos
Residents set up traffic patrol to challenge drivers forming long polluting queues near London school
Damien Gayle
08, Oct, 2021 @2:27 PM
Cooperation is vital to meet WHO’s new air pollution guidelines
Cities and rural areas will have to work together and we cannot focus on transport and industry alone
Gary Fuller
08, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
Vog warning: volcanic smog arrives in La Palma after eruption
Vog occurs when sulphur dioxide gas reacts with water and oxygen and can cause breathing issues
David Hambling
02, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
Air pollution likely cause of up to 6m premature births, study finds
Global analysis of indoor and outdoor pollution also finds link to low birth weight
Sofia Quaglia
28, Sep, 2021 @6:00 PM
Do not squander cycling gains made during pandemic, Labour says
Government urged to invest in active travel as motor traffic returns to pre-Covid levels
Peter Walker Political correspondent
27, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
Pollutionwatch: the fight to protect children from dirty air
Rather than relying on court cases, is it time for the right to clean air to be enshrined in UK and US law?
Gary Fuller
24, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
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