LAURA BRIGGS reports on an innovative project that turns city-centre air pollution from vehicle exhausts into Air-Inks for artists
… Re-Purposing Air Pollution to make Air Inks Laura Briggs | 7th February 2017 Ethical Living Pollution Science Innovation Art air-ink … innovative project that turns city-centre air pollution from vehicle exhausts into Air-Inks …
Marine ecologists have shown how noise pollution is changing the behaviour of marine animals - and how its elimination will significantly help build their resilience. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Ecology Research Report: How noise pollution impacts marine ecology Laura Briggs … Ecology Marine Research Renewables Noise Pollution marine pollution.jpg Marine ecologists have shown how …
An estimated 12 million tonnes of plastic flows into our oceans each year so no wonder we're facing one of the biggest litter crises our planet has ever seen. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Plastic Pollution of the Oceans has reached crisis … October 2016 Ethical Living Plastics Oceans Pollution Crisis … ultimate goal of a future free from plastic pollution . This represents the first step in … a common solution to the problem of plastic pollution. It is the beginning of a movement …
The UK Government cannot claim to be dealing with climate change and build the Silvertown Tunnel.
… emissions upwards, and exacerbate serious air pollution problems, the report says. Complete … engineering work for the tunnel has begun. Pollution Boreholes are reportedly being … groups who fear the disastrous effect of air pollution, especially on children. The borough …
The implementation of the Silvertown Tunnel project has steamrolled democracy and will pollute the local area and trash the climate.
… that it will worsen already chronic air pollution problems and undermine our chances … to address the appalling levels of air pollution and the danger of global warming. We … and non-car modes. This is about air pollution on one hand, and about climate …
Fares for public transport around London should be abolished, says a new campaign briefing from Fare Free London.
… Comment Public Transport Transport For London Pollution Activism Economics Editor’s Picks … to tackle climate change globally and air pollution locally”. READ THE FAIR FREE LONDON … so cut greenhouse gas emissions, and the air pollution that kills thousands of Londoners …
Breathe by Sadiq Khan offers a glimpse into the London Mayor's 'internal struggle between action on climate and corporate interests'.
… bad? How many people were affected? Was air pollution linked to climate change?” Asthma … premature deaths a year in London from air pollution. Khan claims credit for bringing … that. He claims the tunnel will alleviate air pollution ... even though air quality experts …
A new campaign is persuading the UK's top retailers to switch from plastic to paper cotton buds. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Briggs | 23rd November 2016 Activism Plastic Pollution Environment Conservation … than the plastic variety which causes so much pollution in our seas, rivers and beaches. … are still unknown. Our report on plastic pollution reaching crisis point highlighted …
It seems we've been talking about bringing green areas to urban spaces for years, but at this year's Chelsea Flower Show (which runs until 27th May) it's clear this theme remains a top priority writes LAURA BRIGGS who pays a visit to the world's best known flower show
… like miles trying not to breathe in the pollution that hung low in the air on an … and apartment-block cut-outs, it features pollution-soaking plants, a water-sensitive … Experts understand that plants act as pollution sponges, absorbing carbon dioxide …
How the Silvertown tunnel reinforces deadly climate doublethink.
… 16th August 2022 | Comment Silvertown Tunnel Pollution Editor’s Picks stown.jpg How the … goes ahead, it will exacerbate dreadful air pollution problems locally, boost road … goes ahead, it will not only exacerbate pollution problems in Greenwich and Newham …
An impassioned plea to the Mayor of London to chance his mind about the Silvertown Tunnel - based on local and global climate fears.
… that London has declared and the air pollution crisis. The pandemic and Brexit have … a car-centred transport system and the air pollution it produces, and the global crisis …
No More Styrofoam presents the WooBox - a new alternative to the use of Styrofoam in food transportation - and a Serbian project that is supported by a crowdfunding campaign that launches today (1st June 2017). LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Briggs | 1st June 2017 Ethical Living Plastic Pollution Styrofoam Recycling Landfill … more resources will have to be used, and more pollution created, to produce more polystyrene …
Moving away from fossil fuels will require transforming our technological, social, and economic systems, rather than focussing on individual consumption.
… focussing on individual consumption. Plastics pollution, that ultimate symbol of egregious … rafts – raised the alarm about plastics pollution of oceans in the 1970s. The …
A unified scientific approach has been called for to help protect one of the most threatened ecosystems on earth. LAURA BRIGGS learns more about the unique ecosystem known as seagrass beds
… 2016 News Seagrass Conservartion Marine Pollution Marine Protection Areas (MPA) Oceans … of hundreds of scientists as the effects of pollution and development continue to take …
The Resurgence & Ecologist magazine has ditched the plastic wrap after a year of searching for the most sustainable solution.
… 2018 News Resurgence & Ecologist Plastic Pollution Composting Sustainable Materials … 40 companies agreed to cut their plastic pollution over the next seven years. The likes …
Protest at political inaction on climate breakdown has reinforced opposition to the Silvertown tunnel project in east London.
… say it would not only add to local air pollution, but also contribute to the further … numbers for congestion-easing schemes, pollution levels, traffic levels and types of …
Disposing of wastewater from uncoventional gas and oil techniques - including fracking - is one of the big challenges facing the UK.
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Facing the challenge of toxic wastewater produced by oil and gas companies LAURA BRIGGS | 1st September 2016 News hydro fracking.jpg Disposing of wastewater from uncoventional gas and oil techniques …
London is pressing ahead with a £2 billion climate-trashing tunnel project just as UK prepares to host COP26 international climate negotiations.
… list of researchers of climate science, air pollution and transport policy. Financial The … Order ensure that traffic congestion and pollution wouldn’t get worse” if the tunnel …
Review of No Miracles Needed: how today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air, by Mark Jacobson.
… he writes that biomass burning causes air pollution, and produces more greenhouse gas … WWS. He first noticed California’s dire air pollution as a teenage tennis player, entered …
Low carbon? Hydrogen greenhouse emissions globally are more than twice that of the entire UK economy.
The hydrogen hoax Simon Pirani | 18th December 2020 | Comment Climate Breakdown Hydrogen UK Government Editor’s Picks Hydrogen Low carbon? Hydrogen greenhouse emissions globally are more than twice …
Deng Yingtao presented a scathing critique of economic growth thirty years ago - finally we must listen.
China’s coal-fuelled boom Simon Pirani | 14th May 2020 | Comment China Coal Energy Captalism Deng Yingtao Editor’s Picks screenshot_2020-05-13_at_17.43.36.png Deng Yingtao presented a scathing …
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. How can we best manage our own funerals in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment? LAURA BRIGGS reports
Are green funerals actually better for the environment? Laura Briggs | 14th September 2017 News Environment Funerals Cremation Burial 405221.jpg Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. How can we best manage …