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New Air Pollution Database Maps World’s Most Polluted Cities

India is home to the world’s most toxic cities. Beijing is no longer the global symbol of smog it once was. And there is a staggering lack of air quality monitoring in some countries.

May 03rd, 2018

By Emma Howard and
Lauri Myllyvirta

New Air Pollution Database Maps World’s Most Polluted Cities

The world’s most comprehensive air pollution database has been updated again, mapping out a picture of a global health crisis that is disparate, changing and in some places just obscure.

Compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the statistics on 4,300 cities reveal annual

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‘Modern Air Is a Little Too Clean’: The Rise of Air Pollution Denial

Many of the same personalities that have operated within groups that have long denied climate change science, now are doing the same with air pollution.

November 16th, 2017

By Emma Howard

‘Modern Air Is a Little Too Clean’: The Rise of Air Pollution Denial

Despite report after report linking air pollution to deterioration of the lungs, heart and brain, Professor Robert Phalen believes the air is “too clean” for children.

After all, everybody needs a bit of

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Documents Reveal How Shell Is Influencing University Curricula

Shell is strategically targeting young people, academics, and business leaders, as part of a PR push designed to position itself as a low carbon leader.

May 16th, 2017

By Emma Howard

Documents Reveal How Shell Is Influencing University Curricula

Shell has a contractual agreement with a major Dutch university, which allows the oil giant to influence its curriculum, according to documents seen by Energydesk. Shell also paid Erasmus university hundreds of

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Over 1000 UK Childcare Centers Close Doors Due To High Levels Of Air Pollution

While the issue was most acute in London, the investigation found that exposure of young children to air pollution is truly a national problem.

April 10th, 2017

By Crispin Dowler and
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Over 1000 UK Childcare Centers Close Doors Due To High Levels Of Air Pollution

More than 1,000 nurseries across England are within 150m of a road breaching legal air pollution limits, a major investigation by Energydesk and the Guardian has revealed. The news comes just weeks before the government’s legally mandated deadline to produce new plans for tackling the UK’s dangerously poor air quality, after its existing

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Fact-check: Does Air Pollution Kill 40,000 Brits Every Year?

Reports state that air pollution “causes” or is “linked to” 40,000 premature deaths in the UK every year — or 29,000, or 50,000, depending on what you are reading. But can these figures be trusted — and what do they actually mean?

March 06th, 2017

By Emma Howard

Fact-check: Does Air Pollution Kill 40,000 Brits Every Year?

(ANALYSIS) --- Does air pollution kill people? Media reports state that it “causes” or is “linked to” 40,000  premature deaths in the UK every year — or

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Volkswagen Boss Paul Willis’ Shameless Defense Of Dieselgate

The boss of the UK arm of the world’s biggest car manufacturer was hauled before MPs yesterday to answer for dieselgate.

February 21st, 2017

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Volkswagen Boss Paul Willis’ Shameless Defense Of Dieselgate

It must be a happy place. To the best of Paul Willis’ knowledge, Volkswagen UK hasn’t done anything wrong. Other than producing vehicles that sneak around regulations designed to limit toxic emissions that have a proven impact on chronic heart and respiratory conditions of course. The

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300 Premature Deaths Linked To UK Air Pollution

In 2014 David Cameron dismissed the pollution event as a “naturally occurring weather phenomenon”, prompting a scathing critique from the European Commission.

January 12th, 2017

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300 Premature Deaths Linked To UK Air Pollution

(REPORT) --- An estimated 300 premature deaths were associated with a serious UK air pollution episode in 2014, parliament has been told. The figure represents twice the deaths attributed to

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