Air pollution

Air Pollution is disgusting and deadly. In 2016, 40,000 lives were cut short by air pollution in the United Kingdom, with sick and vulnerable people, the elderly and children being particularly at risk.

Pollution from diesel cars is a big part of this problem, and we have been campaigning for the UK government to stop putting new diesel cars on the road, and accelerate the shift to cleaner, greener road transport.

Campaign Updates

The government’s new Clean Air Strategy – what’s wrong with it?

Amid our growing air pollution crisis the Government have today announced their grand plan to tackle air pollution. In it are welcome recognition of the scale of the problem and levels of ambition. However there are clear gaps in their plan that make this yet another failed opportunity. Read More

Rosie Rogers - 15th January 2019

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10 Green New Year’s Resolutions for the Government

We still don’t know exactly what the government and leading political parties have in store for the environment this year, but so far, they have all been falling short of where we need to be. That’s why we took the liberty of writing up ten New Year’s resolutions we need… Read More

Rebecca Newsom - 7th January 2019

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Is Volkswagen’s plan to drop diesel and petrol cars a good one?

The announcement Earlier this week, Volkswagen announced a plan to get out of the business of fossil fuel cars and to go 100% electric. They’ll launch their final generation of fossil fuel cars in 2026 and plan to stop selling them all together by 2040. VW is the first… Read More

Philip Evans - 6th December 2018

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A handy list of car companies that are ditching diesel

“We are obviously headed for the end of diesel”. You’d think these would be the words of someone campaigning for clean air or perhaps a mayor taking action to clean up the air of their city. But in fact they are the words of Carlos Ghosn, the… Read More

Morten Thaysen - 5th October 2018

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5 reasons Porsche ditching diesel spells the end for dirty cars

This weekend, German luxury car-maker Porsche announced it is ditching diesel to focus its efforts on electrification. While Porsche hasn’t sold any diesel cars since February this year, this rules out a comeback for Porsche diesel cars. And here are five other reasons why Porsche ditching diesel is… Read More

Morten Thaysen - 24th September 2018

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