How the planning system can help to improve air quality and the planning strategies that can achieve this were the topics under discussion at the WCRAQ Planning Working Party meeting in September. Isabella Stone reports. Dr Louise Brooke-Smith OBE chaired…
The dangers of non-tailpipe emissions and ways to reduce tyre wear were the key topics at the WCRAQ Energy, Fuels, and Vehicles Working Party meeting, reports Isabella Stone. World tyre emissions are poorly understood and usually grouped with other non-tailpipe…
Thoughtfully created education initiatives can build awareness and action that delivers better quality air for all. On 14 September, Trewin Restorick, Founder and CEO of Hubbub UK, chaired the Education Working Party meeting, discussing how to engage with formal education…
The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality’s Air Monitoring Working Party highlighted the urgent need to protect students from dirty and toxic outside air penetrating classrooms in addition to ensuring that there are sufficient air changes to reduce the risk…
The WCRAQ Air Health Working Party meeting highlighted the effects of air quality on children in Bradford and how the findings impact future projects, writes Isabella Stone.
How can you take action to reduce pollution if you cannot identify where it is coming from? Reducing pollution requires real-world data on vehicle emissions performance, argues Ben Fielden from EMSOL.
Mums for Lungs was set up by a group of parents in South London in 2017 campaigning to solve the problem of London’s toxic air, writes Celeste Hicks. When I was pregnant with my first child, I had a breath…
by targets set down in law, green group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said.
Greener transport options have grown in popularity among Londoners according to a new ULEZ survey conducted by Bikesure. The survey asked the opinions of over 1,000 members of the general public on greener transport alternatives, finding that 72.2 per cent have…
Air pollution costs up to six years of billion’s lives according to a new report by a US research group.