Environment Bill due to return to Parliament today on 26 January has been halted once again to the disappointment of campaigners and groups.
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Rosamund Kissi-Debrah campaigns for ‘Ella’s Law’ after air pollution identified as daughter’s cause of death
Ella Kissi-Debrah’s mother advocates for an ‘Ella’s Law’ to effectively tackle air pollution to prevent further suffering.
Air Pollution connected to increased mental health outpatient visits
Higher levels of air pollution could be linked to increased use of mental health services, a study by the Yale School of Public Health has found.
Bristol to implement Clean Air Zone under new proposal
Bristol City Council to introduce a category D Clean Air Zone (CAZ), Mayor Marvin Rees announces.
WCRAQ appoints new Working Party Chairs
Jason Airey, MD of CMS SupaTrak, and Ralph Wilce, Founder of Wijs Air, have been selected as Working Party Chairs for the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality (WCRAQ).
Airport pollution proven to affect lung function of those near airports
A trial in the Netherlands has found that young health people who exercised outside an airport in Amsterdam had altered lung and heart function as a result of ultrafine particles.
Soil could be the answer to removing air pollution and even regulating climate change
Soil bacteria can play a key role in the removal of air pollution as well as the regulation of climate change, a recent study published in the Nature Microbiology journal has found.
Scottish Clean Air Plan does not go far enough, charities speak out
Charities including Friends of the Earth Scotland, the British Heart Foundation, and the British Lung Foundation have all labelled the Cleaner Air for Scotland plan as a ‘huge missed opportunity’.
Welsh Government release White Paper on impact of air quality over lockdowns
The Welsh Government today published a report on its plans for a Clean Air (Wales) Bill to protect human health and ecosystems from air pollution.
Coventry and Oxford first cities to trial all-electric bus cities
Coventry and Oxford are both developing proposals to become the first areas of the UK to switch an entire town or city’s bus fleet to electric vehicles.