Campaigners asking government to strengthen air quality aspects of Environment Bill
Friends of the Earth is calling on the government to ‘significantly strengthen’ its Environment Bill, which is expected to be…
Legislation
Greater Manchester misses clean air deadline blaming government uncertainty
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has missed its deadline to submit a plan to tackle air pollution in the region,…
UK citizens legal right to clean air could be ‘cast aside’ after Brexit
A change to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill means that UK citizens legal right to breathe clean air could be ‘cast…
Council officer handed suspended jail term for falsifying air quality data
A former council officer at Waverley Borough Council has been given a suspended prison sentence for submitting false air quality…
Wales targets cars, wood-burners, bonfires in new Clean Air Plan
The Welsh government has published a new ‘Clean Air Plan’ that targets air pollution from cars, wood-burners and bonfires. The…
ClientEarth: CAZs are vital for the health of our country, so why are our politicians not introducing them?
The next government must ensure that local authorities implement Clean Air Zones (CAZs), because when timetables slip then people’s health…
Why the next government must invest in clean air
Funding for measures to tackle air pollution rarely appears to stack up. With a new government, this must change, writes…
What the EU’s ruling against France could mean for air pollution
Sylvie Gallage-Alwis is a partner at the Paris office of Signature Litigation. She writes about the implications of the recent…
