Matthew Pencharz looks at the evolving battle to improve Air Quality Urban air quality has become the “new tobacco” – so said the World Health Organisation’s director general, Dr... read more →
Just a few years ago diesel cars were being marketed as clean and as an important part in the fight against climate change. This advert was for a diesel Audi... read more →
At the turn of the last century the great world metropolises were, figuratively, drowning in horse manure. In London alone, there were 11,000 hansom cabs on the streets and several... read more →
Last week marked 100 years since some women were, at last, given the right to vote in UK elections. We remark how much economic, social and technical change there’s been... read more →
We haven’t yet reached the end of the first month of 2018 yet the capital has reached the legal limit for levels of NO2 for all of 2018, ironically in... read more →
On a weekly or even daily basis there are new reports on “dirty diesel”, how it has exacerbated poor urban air quality, the gaming of emissions testing and VW’s fraudulent... read more →