Feature: Air Quality News speaks to the campaigners protesting against the Silvertown Tunnel to find out why this has become one of London’s most controversial infrastructure projects…
Author: pippaneill
Exclusive: London Councils have issued zero fines for wood-burning stoves
In the past five years, London councils have issued no fines for the use of wood-burning stoves, Air Quality News can reveal. Under the 1956 Clean Air…
The burning question – air pollution and plastic waste
An estimated 381 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced globally each year. Many countries are left struggling to deal with this growing mountain of…
Air pollution and infertility: the next global crisis?
Birth rates are decreasing worldwide, and in European countries, they are even dropping below population replacement levels. While these decreases might be due to many…
Interview: How to deal with our growing e-waste mountain
Air Quality News talks to Sebastian Farnaud, professor in bio-innovation & enterprise at Coventry University about the growing mountain of electric waste (e-waste) and what…
The Big Interview: Larissa Lockwood, Global Action Plan
Air Quality News talks to Larissa Lockwood, director of clean air at the environmental change charity Global Action Plan. Today, Global Action Plan is coordinating the…
Interview: Author and journalist Amy Green
Environment Journal talks to Amy Green, environmental journalist and author of ‘Moving Water, the Everglades and Big Sugar’, a book about environmental disaster and the unlikely…
Interview: The importance of place-based climate action
Environment Journal talks to Riccardo Casale, co-founder of Carbon Copy, the charity aiming to encourage collective local action on environmental and climate-related issues. What led you…
Shipping on trial – the true cost of buying online
Air Quality News reporter Pippa Neill investigates the true air pollution cost of our online shopping habits. Picture the scene – it’s a Friday evening,…
Are Low Traffic Neighbourhoods the latest casualty of the culture wars?
Everyone seems to have an opinion on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). Air Quality News reporter Pippa Neill speaks to both sides to get to the heart of…