Following yesterday’s court ruling against the Government there have been angry exchanges in parliament, with ministers under pressure to take urgent action on air pollution. Twenty seven MPs...
Greenpeace and IPPR have requested cross-party backing of radical plan to lower emissions to legal levels, as Government’s inaction continues to reduce life expectancy A new...
Jenny Bates, pollution campaigner at Friends of the Earth, has responded to the government commissioned analysis on the impact of air pollution from Heathrow expansion. Jenny Bates,...
Friends of the Earth Air Pollution Campaigner, Jenny Bates, has commented on a European Heart Journal Study that shows high blood pressure can be caused by...
Andrew Pendleton – Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth – who lives under the flightpath in London has responded to the news that the...
Friends of the Earth’s head of campaigns Andrew Pendleton, who lives under the Heathrow flightpath in west London, has released the following statements in the build...
Today, one year after deadly Samarco dam disaster, Brazilians and other affected communities protest against BHP Billiton in London. A farmer and a Franciscan affected by...
Energydesk have learned that these poisonous particles are not being monitored by Government Authorities. Last month new research was published that revealed magnetite particles, derived from...
Friends of the Earth say that Ministers must phase out diesel to reduce deaths from air pollution as Government is due back in court today to...
Friends of the Earth have released a statement in the build up to the government’s imminent decision on whether to expand Heathrow or Gatwick. Friends of...
Following the government’s new air quality consultation Campaign for Better Transport have responded. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has today published a public consultation on...
Businesses are among the worst polluters on the planet. The industrial sector accounts for nearly 50 percent of all the air pollution in the world, and...
This week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) have announced that air pollution kills 16,000 British people a year. Martin Williams, one of the UK’s leading academics on air...
A partnership between University College Birmingham (UCB) and Drayson Technologies has been formed in order to deliver an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled air pollution monitoring programme. Running...
Plans from the Mayor of London for an Ultra-Low Emission Zone and a crack down on the highest polluting vehicles in order to improve air quality...