The Financial Times‘ Leslie Hook investigates how the world’s biggest cities are using lockdown to reclaim roads and give more space to cyclists and pedestrians. Coronavirus could accelerate plans to cut transport emissions and curb air pollution. (Produced, filmed and…
Month: July 2020
Is Boris Johnson’s New Deal Green?
Edie questions whether Johnson’s “build build build” policy is really committed to protecting the UK’s natural environment: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a multi-billion-pound “New Deal for Britain” that prioritises jobs and infrastructure growth to respond to the economic…
Air pollution linked with higher COVID-19 death rates
People with COVID-19 who live in US areas with high levels of air pollution are more likely to die from the disease than people who live in less polluted places, according to a new nationwide study from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. The study,…