The biggest ever corporate climate makeover is happening at TOYNOCA® in time for the Paris Olympics.
… Car maker's historic climate makeover Andrew Simms | 15th January 2024 | Comment Cars Pollution Air Pollution Corporations … Paris Olympics. What if the world's biggest car maker by sales admitted and apologised for …
Environmental campaigning groups including Greenpeace and WWF publish a joint report today calling on the UK Government to bring forward the proposed ban on petrol and electric cars to 2030.
JOE WARE reports
… New report says electric cars will dramatically improve Britain's … Ware | 25th August 2017 News Energy Electric Cars Clean Growth Plan Michael Gove Air … the proposed ban on petrol and electric cars to 2030. JOE WARE reports Electric cars …
Friends of the Earth Scotland conducted an analysis of Scotland’s road pollution, and found 10 streets continued to breach European limits, writes MAT HOPE for DESMOG.UK
… Newport Air Pollution air-pollution-road-car-children.jpg Friends of the Earth Scotland … ‘dieselgate’ scandal. As far back as 2015, car manufacturers including German … than the companies suggested. Ever since, cars’ contribution to the UK’s poor air …
Children lead Greenpeace action at Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders gala dinner.
… VW executives and to their friends from other car companies to teach them about the effects … children performing health checks on the car industry executives arriving at the … "Volkswagen is the biggest seller of diesel cars in Britain – it lied about the toxic …
A group of medics and activists shut down Volkswagen's UK headquarters, turning it into an emergency diesel pollution clinic. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… Volkswagen commit to stop producing diesel cars and go 100% electric. Diesel addiction … said: “As the UK’s biggest seller of diesel cars, Volkswagen is complicit in an air … now.” Volkswagen sells the most diesel cars in the UK; one in five new diesel cars …
Findings highlight the importance of reducing brake particle emissions as well as exhaust to safeguard human health
… Particles from car brakes harm lungs The Ecologist | 23rd … News Pollution Air Pollution Health brakingcar.jpg Brake wear is responsible for 20 per … safeguard human health Particles released by cars when they brake have been found to cause …
You might not know it, but the UK has some of the worst air quality hotspots in Europe. Follow these tips to find the cleanest air you possibly can
… Air Pollution Asthma Breathing Problems car-exhaust.jpg The main threat to clean air … pollutants that can cause health effects are: Carbon monoxide (CO) A poisonous gas produced … other sources, these fine particles can be carcinogenic and are able to pass through the …
Come Friday morning and a group of kids and their parents converge to begin Brighton's Bike train cycle to school. Could this be the beginning of the great two-wheeled school run revolution? Jan Goodey reports
… Activism Schools Cycling Brighton Bike Train Carbon Dioxide Air Pollution How To Make A … China a decade ago before the huge spike in car-ownership and meat-eating, and you make a … we need if we're going to arrive at a low-carbon future. The daily school run by car …
Children exposed to five-times-higher concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) during the school run than when they were at school.
… the Breathe London Wearables Study, which was carried out by King's College London in spring … pollution, even less than those travelling in cars and buses. The study advised that … exposure to pollution. A total of 258 pupils carried 1kg sensors in their backpacks to …
Smog Day was launched in 2017 as a moment to remember all those dying unnecessarily due to air pollution.
… the most likely source is from road traffic, cars, vans and lorries. Extraordinarily, over … environments. New working patterns led even car industry advocates to predict that one … traffic levels and designing virtually car free cities. From Oslo to Madrid, Milan …
Carbon dioxide emissions recorded by the BT Tower Atmospheric Observatory saw a 58 percent reduction.
… Lockdown halves London carbon emissions Emily Beament | 19th May 2020 … Coronavirus Air Pollution bt-tower.jpg Carbon dioxide emissions recorded by the BT … saw a 58 percent reduction. London's carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by almost …
Mayor confirms city's "moral, ecological and legal duty" to clean up the air.
… to ban deadly diesel from city centre Gus Carter | 6th November 2019 News Change Makers … size of the fine is yet to be finalised. A car scrappage scheme has also been proposed in … decision to try to open a new 800-space car park. "I think its absolutely shocking …
The UK Government has been ordered by a High Court judge to draw up an improved plan by July next year which must bring air pollution within legal limits.
… estimates of future emissions from diesel cars. He also granted ClientEarth permission … for the Government to prove that it truly cares about people's health and the … which means including the dirtiest diesel cars and creating far more than the current …
With news that storms caused by smog from Asian cities over the Pacific Ocean will melt Artic ice, Christine Loh, the CEO of Civic Exchange, looks at Hong Kong, where worsening air pollution causes on average four deaths a day.
… Hong Kong Air Pollution Asia Coal Industrial Carbon Dioxide Coal Risk Green Living Energy … buses and a steadily growing fleet of private cars have also added to congestion and … (around US$255 million) in direct health care costs and productivity losses, and HK$19 …
Campaigners urge health secretary Andrew Lansley to act to reduce air pollution, as government medical experts warn of its 'significant' health burden
… 21st December 2010 News Air Pollution Health Cars Particulate Matter carsjampollution.jpg The UK faces heavy fines … matter. These small particles can be carcinogenic and are able to pass through the …
Air pollution is a rising concern with climate change and wildfires having a growing impact on every day life. It's worst impacts hurt vulnerable populations.
… These particles and gases can come from car emissions, factories, pollen from plants … pollution entering the environment. Consider carpooling or riding a bike to work. Conserve …
After the Clean Air Acts banished the smogs of the 50s and 60s, many thought that air pollution problems had disappeared. They were wrong
… pollution is now strongly linked with cardiovascular and respiratory disease . This … twice (1.95 times) as likely to die from cardiopulmonary disease. A more recent German study carried out in 2007 at the University of …
The Environment Bill has been reintroduced to Parliament with new powers to stop plastic rubbish exports to less developed countries.
… Volkswagen emissions scandal which revealed cars were emitting more pollution than tests … a levy on single use plastics, similar to the carrier bag charge, that could be applied to …
Campaigners will demand significant investment in comprehensive national cycle network with 7 September 2019 protest.
… funeral for the unknown cyclist Donnachadh McCarthy | 22nd August 2019 News Change Makers … emissions make up 33 percent of UK domestic carbon emissions. What's worse, 70 percent of … in London is related to transport. Reducing car & cab usage is crucial for healthier air. …