air pollution

Oxford University study finds the costs from diesel vehicles are five times higher than for petrol vehicles

Mayor's Office announces £1m fund to help tackle air pollution in the capital's worst affected schools, as study finds air quality is worse in some classrooms than it is outside

The UK government has published its latest plan to cut air pollution, focusing on wood burning stoves, farming and car tyres - BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction

But latest plan to tackle UK's illegal air pollution levels faces fierce criticism from green campaigners and Labour

France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the UK to all face European Court of Justice over failure to tackle air pollution

Government consults on possible changes to vehicle excise duty aimed at incentivising van drivers to switch to lower emission vehicles

Professor Russell Viner of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health argues that delivering on the goals of the Climate Change Act would result in cleaner air and lower health risks for children

Pollutants can increase stress levels, which in turn affects judgment and makes some people more likely to commit crime

Efforts to cut carbon dioxide set to usher in radically cleaner air by mid-century

Too often initiatives for 'smart cities' skate over the environmental challenges, argues the EIC's Matthew Farrow