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.
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
While the issue was most acute in London, the investigation found that exposure of young children to air pollution is truly a national problem.
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
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?
(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
The boss of the UK arm of the world’s biggest car manufacturer was hauled before MPs yesterday to answer for 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
In 2014 David Cameron dismissed the pollution event as a “naturally occurring weather phenomenon”, prompting a scathing critique from the European Commission.
(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
A study by the European Environment Agency suggested 14,000 premature deaths are attributable to the NO2 prevalent in the UK’s smog each year.
(REPORT) --- London has broken legal air pollution limits for 2017 within five days, according to King’s College London. The annual limit for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was breached on Brixton Road in south London at around 9pm on Thursday. NO2 is
2017 will be one to watch – and challenge – for nature.
(REPORT) — If has been a year of bad omens for the UK’s natural world. One in ten wildlife species are now at risk of extinction, the landmark State of Nature report announced in September. In sheer
