Emma Howard

London Breaks Annual Air Pollution Limit In Five Days

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.

Emma Howard
By Emma Howard
In this general view of London looking towards Canary Wharf which is just visible through the haze and smog in London, Friday, April 10, 2015. (AP/Alastair Grant)

(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 a toxic gas emitted by diesel vehicles linked to cardiac and respiratory illnesses. A study by the

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Watch: Are England’s Forests Disappearing?

2017 will be one to watch – and challenge – for nature.

Emma Howard
By Emma Howard
Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) bloom in an ancient woodland forest (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

(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 numbers, one in six of the country’s animals, birds, fish and plants have already been lost. The UK is now “among the most nature depleted

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