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Car industry to massively overshoot global emissions targets without ‘drastic action’

Published 08 February 2023
By David Mullen
The car industry will spend its entire carbon emissions budget by 2032 and overshoot it by some 75% by 2050 unless it takes drastic action.
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Air pollution contributed to schoolgirl death

A coroner has ruled that air pollution made a "material contribution" to the 2013 death of nine-year old Ella Kissi-Debrah, in a landmark ruling.
Published 16 December 2020
Air pollution now higher than pre-covid levels

Air pollution levels now higher than pre-Covid

A new report has found that air pollution now exceeds pre-pandemic levels in many UK cities, after levels dropped 38% during the first lockdown.
Published 10 December 2020
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debra

Blocking 'rat runs' increases pollution, says mum

The mother of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has claimed that the attempted curtailing of so-called "rat running" creates more pollution on main roads.
Published 30 November 2020
Scientists fear return to pre-lockdown pollution levels

Scientists fear return to pre-lockdown pollution

Despite a push towards walking and cycling, scientists predict that pollution in UK cities could, like in China, return to pre-lockdown levels.
Published 04 June 2020
Cars to be banned outside schools

Cars to be banned outside schools

Cars will be prohibited outside schools at certain times in order to protect students in polluted areas from vehicle fumes.
Published 01 June 2020
Petrol pumps should carry cigarette-style images of blackened lungs, says health experts

Petrol pumps to 'show images of blackened lungs'

Health experts have called on the government to add images of cigarette packet-style blackened lungs and flooded homes to petrol pumps.
Published 31 March 2020
Councils accused of hypocrisy over diesel after 91.6% of fleets found to run on the fuel

Council fleets found to be 91.6% diesel-powered

Local authorities have been accused of hypocrisy after it was found that councils are punishing members of the public for driving diesel vehicles
Published 11 December 2019
Bristol city aerial view Clifton Suspension Bridge

Bristol council approves plans to ban diesel cars

Bristol is on track to become the first place in the UK to issue a blanket ban on all diesel-powered cars entering its city centre.
Published 07 November 2019
Heathrow airport ULEz

Heathrow planning to charge for polluting cars

Heathrow Airport wants to launch an Ultra Low Emission Zone by 2022, to clamp down on what it calls "the main source of local air pollution".
Published 29 May 2019
Primary school pupils handing parking tickets to polluting parents

Pupils handing parking tickets to polluting parent

Students in Manchester are educating their parents about air pollution, by handing parking tickets to drivers who leave their car engine idling.
Published 21 May 2019
Scented candles "cause more pollution" than traffic-clogged roads

Scented candles 'more polluting' than busy roads

New research suggests that a burning a scented candle at home can expose you to more harmful emissions than standing next to a busy road.
Published 11 May 2019
Modern engines worse for the planet, better for our lungs, says study

Millions of children affected by ‘dangerous’ air

The Times has called for a new Clean Air Act after an investigation revealed air pollution around 6,500 schools exceeds recommended levels.
Published 09 May 2019