Articles tagged with: air pollution

19 Mar 2024 Environment

Air pollution is hitting minority ethnic and low income communities hardest

Londoners are being exposed to illegal levels of air pollution.

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29 Aug 2023 Health

British Safety Council comments on the expansion of the ULEZ scheme to Greater London

Commenting on the expansion of the ULEZ scheme (from 29 August) to cover Greater as well as Central London, Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of British Safety Council said:

22 Feb 2023 Environment

We cannot allow another generation to grow up breathing filthy air

Thousands of people in Bath are now breathing cleaner air thanks to ambitious action to tackle air pollution and the devastating impact it can have on our health.

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06 Feb 2023 Communities

Communities, traffic and positive action to address air pollution

Air pollution levels in Greater Manchester are some of the highest in the UK. As air pollution can potentially worsen pre-existing health conditions, Greater Manchester residents are increasingly concerned about the high rates of air pollution and are seeking to find practical, place-based solutions to tackle the issue. In this article, Professor Sheena Cruickshank from The University of Manchester addresses the Ardwick Climate Action Community A6 closure event to show how road closures can help decrease air pollution levels and suggests the need to foster more place-based, community-centred solutions to tackle air pollution across Greater Manchester.

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01 Feb 2023 Environment

New legally binding air quality targets ‘fall well short of ambitious’, safety body warns

British Safety Council has warned that new legally binding air quality targets for the UK, which passed the final stages of parliamentary scrutiny earlier this week, fall well short of what is needed to keep people safe.

15 Dec 2022 Environment

The shocking truth about air pollution on the parliamentary estate

In the past, Parliament has passed ground-breaking acts that transformed air quality in this country; from public health legislation passed in the 19th century which regulated smoke from coal in industrial towns and cities, to the 1956 “Great Smog” Clean Air Act and, in recent memory, the 2021 Environment Act, with its binding targets on air quality.

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25 Nov 2022 Health

British Safety Council welcomes ULEZ expansion in London

In response to the announcement by the Mayor of London that the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be expanded across all London boroughs from 29 August 2023, British Safety Council Chairman, Peter McGettrick said:

Collaboration between industry, the health service and government on the Life Sciences Vision can help deliver the levelling up agenda

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09 Aug 2022 Health

Collaboration between industry, the health service and government on the Life Sciences Vision can help deliver the levelling up agenda

Chris Green MP, Vice-Chair of the Life Sciences APPG, and Nicole Farmer, General Manager, UK&Ire at Sanofi assess the impact of the Government's Life Sciences Vision and how we can unlock the benefits for patients and the wider economy, and improve diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions.

04 Jul 2022 Environment

Air pollution alerts aren't doing enough to protect people suffering from toxic air

The threats posed by air pollution can’t be overstated. Responsible for an estimated 36,000 premature deaths a year in the United Kingdom, toxic air creates new lung conditions and worsens existing ones, sometimes even leaving people hospitalised.

Health Disparities White Paper must level up heart health

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28 Jun 2022 Environment

Health Disparities White Paper must level up heart health

For a child growing up in Blackpool – let’s call her Mia – the barriers to good heart health are set early on.

Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act

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28 Apr 2022 Health

Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act

If the Government is serious about addressing health inequality, it must set ambitious targets for clean air.

03 Feb 2022 Health

Levelling up will fail if it does not improve lung health

The government’s levelling up white paper sets high ambitions to improve the health and living standards for everybody in the UK by 2030.

17 Jun 2021 Environment

We need bold action to tackle pollution by passing a new Clean Air Act

Labour are calling for a Clean Air Act, which would establish a legal right to breathe clean air, ensuring the UK law on air quality matches the targets set by the World Health Organisation.

Clean Air Day 2021: Why now is the time to get serious about tackling air pollution

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17 Jun 2021 Environment

Clean Air Day 2021: Why now is the time to get serious about tackling air pollution

Clean Air Day, being marked today, is an opportunity to improve public understanding of air pollution, build awareness of how air pollution affects our health and explain the actions we can all take to tackle air pollution, helping to protect the environment and our health.

Air quality: It’s time for joined-up thinking so that we can all breathe easier

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17 Jun 2021 Environment

Air quality: It’s time for joined-up thinking so that we can all breathe easier

The UK has an opportunity to lead the way on the global problem of air pollution – but as the latest figures highlight, there’s no time to waste on an issue this pressing.

25 May 2021 Environment

Government must go further to tackle air pollution in the landmark Environment Bill

Air pollution is now the leading environmental threat to human health in the UK. Cleaning it up is an imperative, and we now have that opportunity through the landmark Environment Bill.

Let’s Make 2021 the Year we Help Britain’s Outdoor Workers Breathe Easy

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13 Apr 2021 Environment

Let’s Make 2021 the Year we Help Britain’s Outdoor Workers Breathe Easy

For many outdoor workers, ambient air pollution has turned the simple act of breathing into a deadly occupational hazard. The British Safety Council’s Time to Breathe campaign is now calling for action to tackle this invisible killer

26 Mar 2021 Environment

Cutting air passenger duty shows the government is going backwards on climate action

Rather than making flying even cheaper, ministers should get on with the job of investing in a green economy that will provide sustainable jobs for the future

24 Mar 2021 Environment

The race to jet zero - is emission-free transatlantic air travel really possible?

Like his garden bridges and sub-sea tunnels, announcing the UK was going to pioneer the first emission-free transatlantic aircraft had the hallmarks of what critics describe as one of Boris Johnson’s vanity projects. It was an ambitious and typically eye-catching promise, delivered in the brief lull in the coronavirus pandemic last July.

17 Dec 2020 Environment

Ella inquest should pave the way for a new Clean Air Act

Ella’s mother's campaign to get air pollution recognised as the cause of her daughter’s death is a breakthrough, but it should not have taken 7 years. We need a new Clean Air Act with legal teeth to deliver the urgent action needed.