Each year, April 22nd marks Earth Day, a worldwide event that aims to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, activists across the world have used the occasion to push for an increased awareness…
The coroner of the nine-year-old schoolgirl whose death in 2013 was ruled as being partially caused by air pollution, has called for a change in the law. In December 2020, coroner for inner south London Philip Barlow ruled that air…
Concerns among UK children about air pollution has increased by 10 per cent since a 2018, a poll by YouGov commissioned by walking and cycling charity Sustrans has revealed. The YouGov poll surveyed 1,305 pupils between the ages of six…
Innovative Ash Solutions has been accredited by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency regulator to use air pollution control residues as low-strength cementitious products. Air pollution control residue (APCr) is a hazardous waste produced by cleaning the flu gases in energy-from-waste…
Interventions should be made in the areas of payments, roaming, making data available, pricing transparency and reliability, a survey of over 1,000 drivers conducted by the Electric Vehicle Association (EVA) has revealed. The survey by EVA showed that the average…
Policy makers are called upon to ensure the wealthy ‘polluter elite’ switch to more sustainable behaviour, as new report reveals they are responsible for twice as much emissions as the world’s poorest 50 per cent. It has been widely acknowledged…
Numerous recent studies point to microplastics being much more dangerous to human and environmental health than previously thought, while it is calculated that by 2030, UK tyre wear will have accounted for up to 350,000 tonnes of ocean microplastics alone.…
63 per cent of Europe’s city residents support a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars after 2030, according to a recent YouGov poll. People across 15 cities in eight countries, including Paris, Budapest and London, took…
Exposure to Covid-19 has been linked to a higher likelihood of dying of Covid-19, according to a study conducted by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. This is the first published study to examine the relationship between long-term…
In partnership with Pod Point and Volkswagen, Tesco has reached half a million electric vehicle charging points in the mission to provide free EV charging across 600 of its stores. The rollout was first announced in 2018 and aimed to…