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Domestic wood burning: 15,000 complaints, just 24 fines
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Domestic wood burning: 15,000 complaints, just 24 fines

A new Freedom of Information request by Mums for Lungs has revealed that despite more than 15,000 complaints about toxic wood smoke across England, just 24 fines have been issued in the year between September 2024 and August 2025

Electric bus reliability could undermine adoption
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Electric bus reliability could undermine adoption
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New panel will shape future of West Midlands transport
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Possible calls for end to private jet tax breaks in Autumn Budget
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Square Mile slashes emissions as City targets net zero future
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Mercury from gold mining is finding its way into crops
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Possible calls for end to private jet tax breaks in Autumn Budget
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Possible calls for end to private jet tax breaks in Autumn Budget

Environmental campaign group Possible is urging the Chancellor to close tax loopholes benefiting private jet users, arguing that fairer aviation taxation could raise hundreds of millions of pounds for public services.

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Electric bus reliability could undermine adoption
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New panel will shape future of West Midlands transport
Autonomous taxis will take to the streets of London next year
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Autonomous taxis will take to the streets of London next year
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EV crime surge sparks calls for crackdown on charger theft
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Bike-sharing in Europe worth €305 Million in annual benefits
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Mercury from gold mining is finding its way into crops
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Mercury from gold mining is finding its way into crops

A new study has revealed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Nigeria is contaminating nearby farmland and food crops, with airborne mercury playing a bigger part than previous thought.

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Air pollution linked to changes in newborn brain development
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Union launches campaign to improve air quality on the Underground
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The legacy of lead: a trillion-dollar global crisis
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Extreme heatwaves could turn Britain’s heathlands into tinderboxes
Schools invited to join Asthma + Lung’s clean air project
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Schools invited to join Asthma + Lung’s clean air project
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From wildfires to volcanoes: Drones redefine smoke tracking

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed an advanced, multi-view drone swarm system that can capture the complex, three-dimensional dynamics of wildfire smoke plumes in real time.

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Junior active travel inspectors to make the school run more healthy
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Portsmouth’s Air Quality Heroes promote sustainable travel
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Ashford Council begin heat pump installation in residential estate
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Stockholm’s electric hydrofoil cuts emissions by 95%
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Square Mile slashes emissions as City targets net zero future
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Square Mile slashes emissions as City targets net zero future

The City of London Corporation and the Square Mile are on track to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040, according to the organisation’s latest Climate Action Strategy progress report.

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Domestic wood burning: 15,000 complaints, just 24 fines
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Air pollution from factory farms can be lethal – and secret
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Dieselgate: experts warn carmakers face reckoning over emissions scandal
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Greenpeace accuse Crown Estate of profiteering from wind farms
Three cities nominated in the Earthshot Prize ‘Clean our Air’ category
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Three cities nominated in the Earthshot Prize ‘Clean our Air’ category
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Air filters to be rolled out to 200 London schools
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Air filters to be rolled out to 200 London schools

The Mayor of London has launched a £2.7 million programme to improve air quality in schools by installing indoor air filters across the capital.

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810 solar panels installed at Europe’s busiest service station
1930s home retrofitted into a carbon-positive showcase
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1930s home retrofitted into a carbon-positive showcase
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Purifiers alone not enough to cut viral exposure in classrooms
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Fossil fuel giants’ energy transition claims ‘anecdotal at best’
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Liverpool launches low-carbon heat network
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New partnership strengthens UK intelligence in Hydrogen fuel cell research
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New partnership strengthens UK intelligence in Hydrogen fuel cell research

Hydrogen Safe, the training specialist supporting the transition to clean energy, and HORIBA UK, the expert in the development and manufacturing of scientific equipment and measuring tools, have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen UK intelligence in hydrogen fuel cell research.

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Air filters to be rolled out to 200 London schools
A year of air quality data created by Poplar’s closely-knit community
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European air quality improving but unequal burden and farm pollution persists
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New tool reveals how facilities expose 1.6 billion people to dangerous air pollution
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New standard for measuring harmful by-products from air cleaners
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Union launches campaign to improve air quality on the Underground
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Union launches campaign to improve air quality on the Underground
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EV crime surge sparks calls for crackdown on charger theft
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EV crime surge sparks calls for crackdown on charger theft
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Clean air funding falls, while aid for fossil fuel projects soars
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Clean air funding falls, while aid for fossil fuel projects soars
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Three cities nominated in the Earthshot Prize ‘Clean our Air’ category
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Three cities nominated in the Earthshot Prize ‘Clean our Air’ category
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European air quality improving but unequal burden and farm pollution persists
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European air quality improving but unequal burden and farm pollution persists
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Eating fruit might protect lungs from air pollution damage
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Eating fruit might protect lungs from air pollution damage
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Cleaner air could help protect children’s eyesight
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Cleaner air could help protect children’s eyesight
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Outrage in Canberra as ACT Government backtracks on wood heater phase-out
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Outrage in Canberra as ACT Government backtracks on wood heater phase-out
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