Find out how CMS SupaTrak are using their telematics technology to push for air monitoring, with OWL and WCRAQ, in order to highlight the dangers that air pollution poses.
Author: Ann-Marie Knegt
How Coronavirus will Change Commuting – and Air Pollution
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…
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,…
Clean Air Cops
Clean Air Cops is a unique educational programme created to provide schools with the tools and confidence to engage young people and their parents.
Air quality targets post Covid-19
CILT’s Bus & Coach Policy Group has published a paper claiming more people will die from air pollution than Covid-19 unless an alternative to the car changes travel behaviour. Rebuilding the bus market to meet the decarbonising challenge in a…
‘Once in a lifetime’ opportunity to reduce pollution
Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to UK public health. A cross-party group of MPs are to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic can act as a catalyst for change. Click here to read more
Guardian highlights the Omission of air pollution from report on Covid-19 and race ‘astonishing’
The failure to consider air pollution as a factor in the higher rates of coronavirus deaths among minority ethnic groups is “astonishing” and “wholly irresponsible”…… read more
The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality Launches
A new commission has been set up under the Chair of Barry Sheerman MP to reduce road air pollution and to influence Government policy to promote cleaner air. The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality (WCRAQ) aims to reduce air pollution…
Meet our Working Party Chair for Air Quality Monitoring – Professor Roland Leigh.
The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality consists of six working parties chaired by the foremost experts in their fields. The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality is delighted to introduce our Chair for the Air Quality Monitoring working party…