Air pollution

Tension in the Air: making Mary Poppins fly

Posted by Mel Evans - 26th January 2017
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This weekend at Somerset House in London – after a week of high alert air pollution – you can see Mary Poppins fly, just like she did on 6th January, merely a week into 2017, when the UK breached its air pollution limit for the entire year. Tension in the… Read More

The journey to City Hall

Posted by Neil Jones - 25th January 2017
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Yesterday I went to London’s City Hall to deliver a letter from over 100 local headteachers to the Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The letter calls for safe, clean air for children all over the city. “Clean air now! Clean air now! Clean air now!” chanted children from five primary schools. And… Read More

Open letter to Sadiq Khan from London’s headteachers

Posted by Neil Jones - 23rd January 2017
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Dear Sadiq Khan, We are headteachers who represent schools from across London. Our schools are in areas where our children and young people are being forced to breathe some of the most toxic air in London, and the country as a whole. We welcome the bold commitments you have made… Read More

Fiat and Renault: An industry in crisis

Posted by Emily Randall - 14th January 2017
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The car industry is under the spotlight this week. Fiat are facing accusations of cheating on diesel emissions by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Like Volkswagen it is about using technology that hides the true impact and damage their cars are doing. The accusations came just a day after… Read More

Up where the air isn’t clear

Posted by Emily Randall - 6th January 2017
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Children’s hero Mary Poppins is back. But the air isn’t clear as she makes her descent – she has to wear an air pollution mask to cut through the toxic fumes. Air pollution should be a thing of the past. Instead for the third year in a row, the… Read More

Open letter to Sadiq Khan: we need a diesel-free London

Posted by Emily Randall - 12th December 2016
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Subject: Diesel Free London Dear Mayor Sadiq Khan, 2016 has been a year full of air pollution lowlights. The UK has the second highest number of premature deaths in Europe owing to bad air quality. London has suffered multiple high air pollution episodes. And the national government… Read More