ClientEarth’s June 2020 update outlines air quality news and its relevance to business. Many people have noticed cleaner air and clearer skies during lockdown. This has resulted in widespread calls for measures to clean up our air permanently from the…
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BBC News: Traffic levels ‘now double the lockdown low’
In April, UK carbon emissions reportedly fell by 31%, but have increased since. Whilst the AA predicts that this road traffic slump will soon even out, Friends of Earth warn that “the government themselves are contributing to increased pollution from…
WHO acknowledges ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne transmission of COVID-19
Yesterday, the World Health Organization acknowledged new emerging evidence that the novel coronavirus does spread more widely in the air than previously suggested. Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated areas. Speaking in Geneva this…
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,…