Environment quality UK news/2014-2021

Funding work on pesticides: why now is the perfect time to take the plunge, Josie Cohen, PAN UK, September 23, 2021...<refgreenfunders.org

• Half of all UK schools could readily roll out School Streets, report says, Jan 12, 2021...Air Quality News
• Cross-party bloc of MPs back action on sewage discharge into rivers, Jan 9, 2021...theguardian.com

• Oxford council backs bid to stop water firm dumping sewage in Thames, Oct 9^[1]
• A ban on SUV ads could help create the happier cities we want, Nicola Round^[2] Aug 21

The government is looking the other way while Britain's rivers die before our eyes, George Monbiot.^[3] Aug 12

• Sonic doom: how noise pollution kills thousands each year.^[4] Jul 3...Environment quality news
• Huge knowledge gap over health of soil.^[5] Mar 16
• With every flood, public anger over the climate crisis is surging, Gaby Hinsliff.^[6] Feb 22
• How we ended up paying farmers to flood our homes, George Monbiot.^[7] Feb 18

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• Flood defences simply aren't good enough – here's what needs to be done.^[1] Nov 11, 2019

Air pollution is now a 'health emergency', head of NHS England warns.^[2] Oct 21

• Don't frack with us: meet the victorious activist 'Nanas' of Lancashire.^[3] Oct 13
• In July 2019, Surrey County Council declared climate emergency. Two months later, they gave the go-ahead to plans for four more oil wells at Horse Hill, near Gatwick. To highlight the dangers of more oil drilling in a time of climate emergency, there will be a demonstration in October.^[4] Sep 16
• If a corporation can have "legal personhood", so can a river. And not just the River Ganges... but the River Frome too.^[5] Sep 10
• UK parents 'worryingly unaware' of damage from air pollution.^[6] Feb 5
• Local councils heading for fracking showdown with government. Greater Manchester tells firms they are not welcome.^[7] Jan 4

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• Top climate scientist blasts UK's fracking plans as 'aping Trump', Oct 13^[1]
• Campaigners celebrate as oil drilling at Surrey Hills site is blocked, Sep 4^[2]
• London considering car-free days in effort to tackle deadly pollution problem, May 15^[3]
• Deposit return scheme in fight against plastic, Mar 28^[4]

London trials free water bottle refills in bid to cut plastic waste, Mar 15^[5]

• Most UK parents back air pollution exclusion zones around schools, Feb 26^[6]
• Government air quality plan ruled 'unlawful', Feb 21^[7]
• Scotland to ban all plastic straws as Holyrood backs Sunday Mail campaign, Feb 11^[8]
• 25-Year Environment Plan inquiry launched, Feb 1^[9]
• Plastic bottles: Free water refill points rolled out to cut waste, Jan 25^[10]

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• Sadiq Khan to tell London councils they should ban fracking, Nov 26, 2017...^[1]
• Slough council unveils Low Emission Strategy, Nov 27, 2017...^[2]
• UK government sued for third time over deadly air pollution, Nov 7, 2017...^[3]

Revealed: government spent £370,000 losing air pollution legal battles, Oct 23^[4]

• Pollution is killing 50,000 people in the UK every year, Oct 20^[5]
• ClientEarth threatens UK with legal action as councils miss air pollution targets, Oct 19^[6]
• UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands, Sep 1^[7]
• Bristol's rubbish heroes, Jun 22^[8]
• Mayor plans to introduce Ultra Low Emission Zone in April 2019, Apr 4...^[9]

References

• Cars don't just choke our children – they tear a hole in our communities, George Monbiot, Nov 8, 2016...^[1]
• Smoke and Mirrors, September 22, 2015...^[2]
• UK admits that air quality targets will be missed by 20 years, July 10, 2014...^[3]
• How the smog in Nottingham became worse than Beijing – and David Cameron made up a lot of unscientific nonsense, April 4, 2014...^[4]

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