Londoners are being asked by the mayor’s office to consider choosing to walk, cycle or take public transport, and to “avoid unnecessary car journeys, stop their engines idling and refrain from burning... Read more »
Two new enzymes can break down one of the most common single-use plastics, shows a study by Brunel University London in the journal, Biofilms and Microbiomes. They could be developed potentially to... Read more »
What can you do with varnish, plywood, a wheelbarrow inner tube and a solar panel not much bigger than a mobile phone? The answer, if you are a computer genius with a... Read more »
Sadiq Khan has won the backing of the mayor of Milan, one of Europe’s most congested cities, for an extension of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in London after criticism from voters... Read more »
To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the Environmental Research Group held a symposium discussing how their pollution research has evolved over time. The two-day event, supported by the Imperial Policy Forum and hosted... Read more »
New data reveals nearly two-thirds of homebuyers actively avoided areas of high air pollution when on the hunt for their current home. The research by eXp UK, the network of personal estate... Read more »
Croydon traffic Pic: Mike Day The high number of premature deaths in some London boroughs – with Croydon the third worst – may be linked to rising levels of air pollution, the... Read more »
A group of pupils in east London have seen off – temporarily at least – the workers who had come to dismantle their school street. Parents gathered outside Chisenhale primary school in... Read more »
A woman who is “fed up” with SUVs polluting the atmosphere has been deflating their tyres on her walk home from work. The mum-of-three, who claims to have deflated the tyres of... Read more »
George Monbiot overplays the delights of the community effect of low-traffic neighbourhoods in Oxford and underplays their disadvantages (Ignore the culture warriors – low traffic neighbourhoods don’t close streets, they liberate them,... Read more »