Doctors, health professionals and medical students have launched the ‘Doctors Against Diesel’ campaign by holding up large numbers which read ‘9,400’ – the amount of early...
Friends of the Earth air pollution campaigner, Jenny Bates, has responded to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) new draft air pollution guidance:...
InfluenceMap have released new research indicating the creation of highly-polluting, diesel-fueled generating companies, of which twelves could receive up to £500m in capacity market payments created...
By 2025 diesel vehicles will be removed from four capital cities in the C40 group – Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens. The cities have pledged...
After the High Court today approved a review of the UK government plans to tackle air pollution, deemed ‘woefully inadequate’ by campaigners, the government must phase...
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...
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...
New research has suggested that pollution caused by diesel powered cars and vans gets worse when it’s cold outside. The reports state that when the temperature...
The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has said that he plans to double the size of the capital’s low emission zone. Following the announcement, Friends of...
Air pollution causes tens of thousands of early deaths each year. It is estimated that 800 people a week – that’s 40,000 a year – are...
Friends of the Earth have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about adverts promoting the practice of removing pollution filters from diesel vehicles. They say...
It’s “Next Move Germany” where a Diesel Tax Rise is Needed to Underpin Investment in Mass Market Hybrid and Electric Cars After global warming caused by...
The International Council on Clean Transportation issued a report in 2014, building on original findings in 2012 and 2013, saying the gaps between official and real-world fuel...
London’s Oxford Street had breached its nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limit for the whole of 2015 by 5 January, according to campaign group Clean Air London, which...
In an open letter the car industry has called for London’s ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) to be “harmonised” and include the same standards for both...