air pollution
Global healthcare groups join calls for green, healthy Covid-19 recovery
Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups
Study: Cleaner European air during Covid-19 lockdowns has helped to avoid 11,000 deaths
Reduced road traffic and industrial activity has cleaned up Europe's air, likely averting thousands of air pollution deaths, study argues
Let's make sure we keep the clean air after this crisis
Green Alliance's Philippa Borrowman makes the case for urgent action to ensure one of the few upsides from the lockdown is maintained
Dirty air, tailpipes, and COVID-19
Air pollution impacts how the human body can fight infections and viruses - it is time for governments and businesses to recognise these risks
Chancellor preps green taxes for Budget, as row with EU over environmental rules heats up
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly preparing series of new environmental tax moves in next month's Budget, as Westminster and Brussels draw red lines that are set to spark a major stand-off over green rules
'Proven results': Sadiq Khan hails 'bold' London green policies for drop in air pollution
Introducing the Ultra Low Emission Zone and rolling out more electric buses have delivered significant drop in pollution, Mayor claims
Government announces crackdown on polluting home fireplace fuels
Most polluting fuels for wood burning stoves including coal and wet wood to be phased out from 2021-23 as part of crackdown on particle pollution
Engenie EV charger rollout to combat Cardiff's air pollution woes
The new chargers advance the strategy sketched out in Cardiff council's recent transport green paper
Crowdfunding drive for underground ecommerce delivery service tops £1m
The idea from British start-up Magway could reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions by six million tonnes per year, its CEO claims
Birmingham mulls pollution-busting car ban
Private cars taking 'through trips' could be banned from the city centre under radical plans to improve air quality
CES 2020: Gadgets for the climate crisis
From pollution masks to 'impossible' pork, this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas came face to face with the realities of life in a warming world
Statistic of the decade: Amazon has lost 8.4m football pitches of rainforest
Royal Statistical Society names its stats of the decade which highlight Amazon rainforest loss, air pollution deaths and rise of SUVs
City of London set to host UK's first zero emission street
Groundbreaking scheme set to launch in Spring 2020 will ban all petrol and diesel cars from street 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Cargo bikes to cut Christmas parcel pollution in the capital
Even Santa is swapping his delivery van for a cargo-bike sleigh in London Bridge
How train station adverts are delivering an air quality boost
BNP Paribas reveals air filters fitted at Marylebone station are delivering encouraging results
UK's first ban on diesel vehicles approved in Bristol
The scheme, which requires new government legislation, would take effect from 2021 and aims to achieve compliance with legal pollutant levels by 2025
ViaVan: Ride sharing van goes fully electric in Milton Keynes debut
Grant from Office for Low Emission Vehicles to help deliver new ride-sharing vans service
Business and political leaders demand action on air pollution at London summit
Joint declaration calls for more state support to catalyse the switch to active travel, public transport, and zero emission vehicles
Mayors at odds with Westminster in climate action power struggle
As cities propose ambitious climate and air quality legislation a battle is brewing between the regions and Westminster
Study: Air pollution spikes trigger hundreds of hospitalisations
New data from King's College London reveals jump in cardiac arrests, strokes, and asthma attacks on high pollution days
SDG11: How granular data is helping to tackle the air pollution crisis
US air sensor pioneer is working with governments, businesses, and communities around the world to ensure action to tackle air pollution - and deliver on SDG11 - is properly targeted
A patchwork of green transport schemes won't deliver deep decarbonisation
As everyone clammers for a cleaner, better, more efficient transport system Steve Nash, IMI Chief Executive calls for central government to take stock, take control and learn from best practice
'Almost no progress': Much of UK still suffering from chronic air pollution, figures show
ClientEarth analysis of new government data shows 83 per cent of UK areas failed to comply with EU legal limits on nitrogen dioxide last year
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