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A 60 metre screen made of live plants is being deployed in Sheffield to help ameliorate air pollution outside schools. The full story can be found here
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A symbolic protest was made yesterday at how the climate crisis is being exacerbated by Bristol's continued feet dragging on production of its Clean Air Policy.
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Pressure continues to mount to get the Council to take significant action to improve Bristol's air quality with a new campaign - Fight for Fair Air - now started by the local independent news publication, The Bristol Cable.
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It might be hoped that BCC is inspired by the implementation of London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone to make a Bristol ULEZ the central plank of its still to be formulated Clean Air policy. And maybe London's Mums for Lungs organisation will lead to the creation of a local Bristol Branch?
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If, as Manchester does, you have Chris Boardman as your city Commissioner for Walking and Cycling - plus a supportive Mayor - then good environmental things can happen.
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At last some progress on Bristol's Clean Air Plan - but it still boils down to yet further delays. The timetable for the Plan indicates that it won't be ready to submit to the government until the last week of December 2019. For full details of the stages in the construction of the Plan, see the BCC pdf document
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We know air pollution has a range of detrimental effects on our health. You can find out more about these effects on our website here. But we may perhaps be less aware of the close causal link between increasing air pollution and global warming. This article spells out how the two problems are inexorably bound together.
This is another initiative aimed at finding out just how serious are the levels of air pollution that childen can be exposed to both on the way to school and once in school. You can find out more on this story - Details
Five schools across Bristol; Bannerman Road, May Park, Cotham Gardens, Compass Point and our local primary, Brunel Field, are taking part in temporary road closures after school next week as part of Sustrans' and Playing Out’s ‘Big Pedal’ campaign.
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At last some good news for cyclists. The government is giving Sustrans the responsibility of allocating the £21 million to various cycling projects. A further £2 million will be used to encourage more walking and cycling. See here for more details.
