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Category: Air Quality News
Government must extend its tree planting scheme to existing streets, calls RTPI
The Government’s plan to line new developments with trees should also be extended to include existing communities, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said. While the RTPI has welcomed the government’s initiative to ensure all new developments have access…
UK air pollution breached air pollution limits for a decade, EU court rules
The EU’s top court confirmed that the UK ‘systematically and persistently’ failed to take action on toxic levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution, which remain illegally high in 75 per cent of urban areas. Following years of warning from the European…
Coal mine plans reconsidered by council
Cumbria County Council confirm it will re-examine heavily-criticised plans for the UK’s first deep coal mine in over 30 years. Plans put forward by West Cumbria Mining for a new mine were initially approved by the Cumbria County Council late…
Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for one in five global deaths
Premature deaths caused by particulate matter is potentially twice the number previously estimated.
Dennis Eagle’s first 100% electric refuse collection vehicle is deployed
The first completely electric refuse vehicle, the eCollect, designed by OEM Dennis Eagle, has gone into service in the UK. After two years of extensive safety and efficiency tests to get a comprehensive picture of its safety and durability, the…
Schools around Europe share results of air quality projects
The CleanAir@School programme saw over 100 schools across Europe use low-cost, easy-to-use air quality samplers to educate pupils how to collect data on air pollution.
Outer London elderly residents negatively impacted by air pollution, report reveals
Air pollution is killing more people in London’s outer boroughs than in the inner city as vulnerable older residents suffer heart and respiratory problems, research from Imperial College suggests.
Improving air quality ‘could prevent 50,000 deaths’ across Europe
Limiting air pollution to the recommended World Health Organisation levels, could prevent over 50,000 deaths across Europe according to research.
90% of the world’s population exposed to harmful levels of air pollution
33 of the largest cities in the world have levels of particulate matter four times higher than the World Health Organisation’s guidelines of 10 ug/m3. The worst polluted cities in the world are all in Asia, with China, India and…