Germany taken to court over air pollution
Germany’s Federal government is being taken to court over illegal levels of air pollution. Lawyers at ClientEarth and Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) have lodged…
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Wuhan’s lockdown cut air pollution by up to 63% – new research
Matt Cole, Bowen Liu and Robert Elliott from the University of Birmingham write about how Wuhan’s lockdown brought about some…
EU warns countries for blocking clean air legal challenges
The European Commission has warned the Bulgarian and Polish governments with legal action for blocking people from going to court…
Could car-free cities be here to stay?
The concept of a car-free London or Manchester was a pipe dream just a few months ago – but the…
Video: air pollution returns to China as coronavirus lockdown is eased
Startling satellite images released by the European Environmental Bureau (EEA) show how air pollution has quickly returned to China as…
Interview: David Wallace-Wells, author, the Uninhabitable Earth
In 2017, David Wallace-Wells, editor of New York Magazine wrote a long-form article depicting how the future will look to those living…
Burning plastic waste is causing air pollution in developing countries
Four of the world’s largest plastic packaging producers, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Unilever and Nestlé are responsible for burning plastic in developing…
New inquiry into environmental diplomacy
The Foreign Affairs Committee (FCO) has announced today (March 27) the launch of a new inquiry into environmental diplomacy. The…
