Tag Archives: cover-up
Investigation into Government’s failure to control carcinogenic diesel exhaust
Posted on Posted onGovernment has sought to blame European engine emission standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) for its failure to comply with nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limit values as part of its lobbying, with the Mayor of London, to weaken NO2 laws Investigation … Continue reading
Smog expected to hang over the Supreme Court on Thursday
Posted on Posted onSmog is expected to hang over the Supreme Court as it hears the most important air pollution case for a generation NO2 laws are the most powerful tool citizens have to hammer down carcinogenic diesel exhaust and other toxic pollutants from … Continue reading
Tube dust is not ‘safe’
Posted on Posted onHealth and Environment Committee air quality work programme Clean Air in London (CAL) congratulates the Health and Environment Committee (Committee) on the publication of ‘Air pollution in London – Issues paper’. The paper provides a clear, concise summary of current … Continue reading
Most-read stories of 2012
Posted on Posted onA look back at the media releases and campaign letters that proved the most popular in 2012. January ‘Clean Air in London’ lodges complaint over breaches of air pollution laws in London http://cleanairinlondon.org/legal/clean-air-in-london-lodges-complaint-over-breaches-of-air-pollution-laws-in-london/ Guide to health impacts: ‘Invisible’ air pollution … Continue reading
Government systematically hiding smog episodes 60 years after the ‘Great Smog’
Posted on Posted onGovernment hid a number of ‘High’ air pollution events during the Olympics and Paralympic Games. Endurance athletes may have been affected. Government also hid a ‘High’ pollution episode in parts of the UK just days before the 60th anniversary of … Continue reading
Defra ‘systematically hiding’ information about dangerous air pollutants
Posted on Posted onResponse to Defra consultation on statistical releases on (i) emissions of air pollutants and (ii) air quality statistics I am writing on behalf of Clean Air in London (CAL) to respond to the informal consultation by the Department for Environment … Continue reading
Mayor used the Pollution Suppressor to save himself not others
Posted on Posted onMayor targeted the use of pollution suppressants at sites estimated, through computer modelling and monitoring, to have the highest daily levels of dangerous airborne particles i.e. the worst legal exposures not the worst population exposures Pollution suppressants were used every … Continue reading
Government forecasts smog on eve of Olympics Closing Ceremony
Posted on Posted onGovernment failed to forecast a smog episode before the Opening Ceremony that turned out to be the worst for six years and then failed to warn the public even when it was underway Environment Ministers issued a ‘Press release’ downgrading … Continue reading
Government caves in and releases ministerial briefing papers hours before London elections
Posted on Posted onGovernment caves in and releases ministerial briefing papers hours before London elections It has taken over three years for Simon Birkett (Founder and Director of Clean Air in London), backed by Friends of the Earth’s Rights and Justice Centre and … Continue reading
Guide to health impacts: ‘Invisible’ air pollution is the biggest public health failing or ‘cover-up’ for decades
Posted on Posted on‘Invisible’ air pollution: the biggest public health failing or ‘cover-up’ for decades Air pollution is much worse than most of us have realised. It regularly exceeds twice World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and legal limits near our busiest roads in … Continue reading
EIR request shows Mayor Johnson failing to warn Londoners and may be seeking to mislead us
Posted on Posted onEnvironmental information request shows Mayor Johnson is failing to warn Londoners and may be actively seeking to mislead us about the biggest public health crisis since the Great Smog of 1952. 4,000 early deaths in 1952 changed the world but … Continue reading
Introduction to smog
Posted on Posted onThis webpage provides links to posts and pages about smog in London. See also Clean Air in London posts tagged ‘smog’. 1. Articles in the media http://delicious.com/CleanAirLondon 2. Air quality forecasting airTEXT http://www.airtext.info/ Defra: UK-AIR homepage http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/ Defra: Last 24 hours … Continue reading
Government keeps new ‘right’ under FOI/EIR laws
Posted on Posted onCourt of Appeal decision: Government keeps new right to ‘rely as of right’ upon a different exception or exceptions in proceedings before the Information Commissioner and/or the First-tier Tribunal for refusing to disclose environmental information ‘Clean Air in London’ considers … Continue reading
High levels of ‘tube dust’
Posted on Posted onMayor Johnson Chairman Transport for London Windsor House 42-50 Victoria Street London SW1H OTL 18 December 2011 Dear Mayor Johnson Environmental information request reveals high levels of ‘tube dust’ in London Concentrations of airborne particles in the London Underground (tube … Continue reading
Government obtains the right to add or substitute exceptions to avoid disclosing information
Posted on Posted onGovernment obtains the right to add or substitute exceptions to avoid disclosing information Information may relate to European Commission’s imminent infraction decision on PM10 The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) has made a landmark decision on an access to information … Continue reading