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…
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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…
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…
Feature: The activists who have turned to politics to protect the planet
Environment Journal talks to the people behind the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill to hear about their journey, their aims and the struggles of getting the…
Wood burning stoves, the great debate
Why do stoves remain popular with the public when they are a major source of indoor and outdoor air pollution? You’ve just come back from…
Why the fight for clean air is a social justice issue
Pippa Neill, reporter at Air Quality News, presents exclusive data highlighting the connection between air pollution and deprivation and explores the reasons behind why the…
Feature: Will we still need carbon offsetting in a net-zero world?
With the race to net-zero well and truly underway, companies, corporations and governments now have to start thinking seriously about how they will achieve their…