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New research just published shows a link between increased levels of a chemical associated with stress and anxiety and exposure to air pollution. More on this topic here
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This kit has been successfully used by Hackney Council for two years and has reduced the volume of traffic using roads past school gates, both school-run and through traffic.
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A new report by the charity 'Living Streets' identifies many parents' concerns for their children's health as they breathe polluted air on the way to and from school. But it reminds us that ‘Exposure to pollution can be far higher sitting in the back of a car or in a bus than outside....
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This recent article in the Guardian will worry many who own houses in traffic heavy urban areas like London, Bristol and other cities. But making people more aware in this way of the problem of living in conditions of poor air quality may hasten action to reduce it.
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The Environmental Audit Comittee lambasts the proposed environmental standards in this draft Environmental Bill designed for when we have left the EU, saying it ‘severely downgrades’ the environmental principles presently used to guide EU law and policy.
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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.
