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== Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom ==
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UK environmental inequalities refers to the way in which the quality of the environment differs between different communities in the UK.
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Examples of environmental inequalities in the UK include: Access to parks, green spaces and the natural environment; Exposure to flood risk; Air pollution; Exposure to harmful chemicals; Transport-related problems and Proximity to waste and landfill sites.
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Responses to UK environmental inequalities have included NGO's, academia and government. {{W|Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom}}
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== Campaigns ==
<blockquote>
"I don't drive to birdwatch any more. I walk from my house. I'm under no pressure to see anything exciting. I've stopped commodifying it. I just think of being out where I should be. Whenever I do that I'm really thankful for it. Nature is not there to make me feel better. It's something we can use to help us but ultimately we have to be there for it as well. And we've got to make wholesale changes to how we live." Joe Harkness<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/14/wild-ideas-how-nature-cures-are-shaping-our-literary-landscape theguardian.com]</ref>
</blockquote>


[http://www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-free-towns-and-cities/pesticide-free-towns-and-cities Pesticide-free towns and cities], pan-uk.org
== Community action projects ==


[http://www.ukna.org.uk/ UK Noise Association]
* Pesticide-Free Towns, see Pesticide-Free Towns – success stories, from [https://www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-free-towns-success-stories/ pan-uk.org]. Read how villages, towns and cities are going pesticide free and how you can make positive change where you live.


== Resources ==
== Events ==


=== Apps for sustainability ===
{{Eventlist|location=United Kingdom|keyword=Environment quality UK|year=2024}}


[https://www.fixmystreet.com/ FixMyStreet] - [http://www.littergram.co.uk/ LitterGram]
== Networks ==


=== Citizens data initiative ===
* [https://adfreecities.org.uk/ Adfree Cities], network of groups across the UK who are concerned about the impacts of corporate advertising on our health, wellbeing, environment, climate, communities and the local economy
* [https://www.cleanairuk.org/ Network for Clean Air]
* [https://www.pan-uk.org/ Pesticide Action Network UK]
* [http://zilch.org.uk/ Zilch.org.uk], national network of individuals in the UK working to eliminate littering.


[http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/ UK AIR], air quality information resource, Defra
== Resources ==


=== Maps ===
=== Maps ===
England Noise and Air Quality Viewer, [http://extrium.co.uk/noiseviewer.html extrium.co.uk] ''added 16:56, 13 July 2020 (UTC)''


How clean is the air where you are? [https://www.foe.co.uk/page/national-air-pollution-map foe.co.uk]
How clean is the air where you are? [https://www.foe.co.uk/page/national-air-pollution-map foe.co.uk]


[http://nightblight.cpre.org.uk/ NightBlight], CPRE
[https://nightblight.cpre.org.uk/ NightBlight], CPRE


UK Ambient Air Quality Interactive Map, [http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping Defra UK], government site
UK Ambient Air Quality Interactive Map, [https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping Defra UK], government site


[http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/default.aspx What's in Your Backyard?] Local and national environmental data from the Environment Agency
[http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/default.aspx What's in Your Backyard?] Local and national environmental data from the Environment Agency


=== Networks ===
=== Citizens data initiative ===
*[http://www.cleanairuk.org/ Network for Clean Air]
*[http://www.pan-uk.org/ Pesticide Action Network UK]
*[http://www.zilch.org.uk/ Zilch.org.uk], national network of individuals in the UK working to eliminate littering.


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"1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries every single day." The video gives a visualisation of the amount for a single day. One of the comments invites us to imagine the amount for a whole year.


== News and comment ==
* Ranking UK supermarkets on pesticides, 2021, [https://www.pan-uk.org/supermarkets/ pan-uk.org], ''added 14:56, 4 February 2022 (UTC)''
* [https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/ UK AIR], air quality information resource, Defra


'''2020'''
=== Apps for sustainability ===


'''Feb 22''' With every flood, public anger over the climate crisis is surging, Gaby Hinsliff <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/22/flood-anger-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel theguardian.com]</ref>
[https://www.fixmystreet.com/ FixMyStreet] - [http://www.littergram.co.uk/ LitterGram]


'''Feb 18''' How we ended up paying farmers to flood our homes, George Monbiot <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/17/farmers-uk-flood-maize-soil-protection theguardian.com]</ref>
=== Other resources ===


'''2019'''
* [https://noisenuisance.org/ Noisenuisance.org], a source of advice and help for those suffering from noise pollution ''added 17:00, 13 July 2020 (UTC)''


'''Nov 11''' Flood defences simply aren't good enough – here’s what needs to be done <ref>[http://theconversation.com/flood-defences-simply-arent-good-enough-heres-what-needs-to-be-done-126781 theconversation.com]</ref>
== Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom ==


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UK environmental inequalities refers to the way in which the quality of the environment differs between different communities in the UK.


[[Extinction Rebellion]]
Examples of environmental inequalities in the UK include: Access to parks, green spaces and the natural environment; Exposure to flood risk; Air pollution; Exposure to harmful chemicals; Transport-related problems and Proximity to waste and landfill sites.


'''Oct 21''' Air pollution is now a 'health emergency', head of NHS England warns <ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/air-pollution-health-stroke-asthma-lung-cancer-cardiac-arrest-a9162281.html The Independent]</ref>
Responses to UK environmental inequalities have included NGO's, academia and government. {{W|Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom}}


[[File:Above Langdon Brook - geograph.org.uk.jpg|140px|left]]
== Campaigns ==
'''Oct 13''' Don’t frack with us: meet the victorious activist ‘Nanas’ of [[Lancashire]] <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/13/dont-frack-with-us-the-vivtorious-nanas-of-lancashire-activism The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>


[[File:Across from the Saddle Knob - geograph.org.uk.jpg|140px|left]]
* [https://www.badverts.org/ Badvertising], campaign to stop adverts fuelling the climate emergency, including ads for cars, airline flights and fossil fuels, ''added 16:41, 2 October 2020 (UTC)''
'''Sep 16''' 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. <ref>Horse Hill Rebel Alliance on [https://www.facebook.com/pg/HHRebelAlliance/ facebook]</ref><br clear=all>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161128143359/https://www.pan-uk.org:80/pesticide-free-towns-and-cities/pesticide-free-towns-and-cities Pesticide-free towns and cities], pan-uk.org
* [http://www.ukna.org.uk/ UK Noise Association]


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== See also ==
'''Sep 10''' [[Somerset]]: If a corporation can have "legal personhood", so can a river. And not just the River Ganges... but the River Frome too. <ref>[https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2019/9/13/frome-river-legal-personhood The Alternative UK]</ref><br clear=all>


'''Feb 5''' UK parents 'worryingly unaware' of damage from air pollution <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/05/uk-parents-worryingly-unaware-of-damage-air-pollution-is-doing-children The Guardian]</ref>
* [[Environment quality]]
* [[Biodiversity UK]]
* [[Climate action UK]]
* [[Open spaces UK]]
* [[Community river action UK]]
* [[Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle UK]]
* [[Rural sustainability UK]]
* [[Trees, woodland and forest UK]]
* [[Urban sustainability UK]]


[[File:Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester.jpg|140px|left]]
{{LocaltopicUK}}
'''Jan 4''' Local councils heading for fracking showdown with government. Greater [[Manchester]] tells firms they are not welcome <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/04/greater-manchester-tells-fracking-firms-they-are-not-welcome The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>


'''2018'''
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[[File:Thames sunset.jpg|140px|left]]
'''External links'''
[[Climate action UK]]: Top climate scientist blasts UK’s fracking plans as 'aping Trump’, Oct 13 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/13/top-climate-scientist-james-hansen-attacks-uk-fracking-plans The Guardian]</ref><br clear=left>


[[File:Across from the Saddle Knob - geograph.org.uk.jpg|140px|left]]
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom|Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom]]
Campaigners celebrate as oil drilling at [[Surrey]] Hills site is blocked, Sep 4 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/04/michael-gove-oil-surrey-hills-defra-bury-hill-wood The Guardian]</ref><br clear=left>
* [https://www.litteraction.org.uk/ LitterAction]


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'''Information from gov.uk'''
[[London news]]: London considering car-free days in effort to tackle deadly pollution problem, May 15 <ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/london-car-free-days-pollution-tackling-deadly-problem-environment-a8353116.html The Independent]</ref><br clear=all>


Deposit return scheme in fight against plastic, Mar 28 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/deposit-return-scheme-in-fight-against-plastic gov.uk]</ref>
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/organizations/committee-on-radioactive-waste-management Committee on Radioactive Waste Management]
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/topics/environment Environment]
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/organizations/environment-agency Environment Agency], public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. {{W|Environment Agency}}
* [https://www.gov.uk/floodsdestroy Floods destroy. Be prepared.]
* [https://www.gov.uk/local-environmental-quality Local environmental quality]


[[File:Milleniumbridge2.JPG|140px|left]]
'''References'''
[[London news]]: London trials free water bottle refills in bid to cut plastic waste, Mar 15 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/london-trials-free-water-bottle-refills-in-bid-to-cut-plastic-waste The Guardian]</ref><br clear=left>
 
Most UK parents back air pollution exclusion zones around schools, Feb 26 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/26/most-uk-parents-back-air-pollution-exclusion-zones-around-schools The Guardian]</ref>
 
Government air quality plan ruled ‘unlawful’, Feb 21 <ref>[https://www.airqualitynews.com/2018/02/21/government-air-quality-plan-ruled-unlawful/ airqualitynews.com]</ref>
 
[[File:Oban harbour1.jpg|140px|left]]
[[Scotland]] to ban all plastic straws as Holyrood backs Sunday Mail campaign, Feb 11 <ref>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotland-become-plastic-straw-free-12005664 dailyrecord.co.uk]</ref><br clear=left>
 
25-Year Environment Plan inquiry launched, Feb 1 <ref>[https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/news-parliament-2017/25-year-environment-plan-inquiry-launch-17-19/ parliament.uk]</ref>


Plastic bottles: Free water refill points rolled out to cut waste, Jan 25 <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42808302 BBC News]</ref>
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'''2017'''
 
[[File:Milleniumbridge2.JPG|140px|left]]
[[London news]]: Sadiq Khan to tell London councils they should ban fracking, Nov 26 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/26/fracking-london-sadiq-khan-mayor The Guardian]</ref><br clear=left>
 
[[File:Berks1.jpg|140px|left]]
[[Berkshire]]: Slough council unveils Low Emission Strategy, Nov 27 <ref>[https://www.airqualitynews.com/2017/11/27/slough-council-unveils-low-emission-strategy/ airqualitynews.com]</ref><br clear=left>
 
UK government sued for third time over deadly air pollution, Nov 7 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/07/uk-government-sued-for-third-time-over-deadly-air-pollution The Guardian]</ref>
 
Revealed: government spent £370,000 losing air pollution legal battles, Oct 23 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/23/revealed-government-spent-370000-losing-air-pollution-legal-battles-clientearth The Guardian]</ref>
 
Pollution is killing 50,000 people in the UK every year, Oct 20 <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/pollution-is-killing-50000-people-in-the-uk-every-year_uk_59e9a808e4b0df10767c15ff huffingtonpost.co.uk]</ref>
 
ClientEarth threatens UK with legal action as councils miss air pollution targets, Oct 19 <ref>[https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019433/clientearth-threatens-uk-with-legal-action-as-councils-miss-air-pollution-targets businessgreen.com]</ref>
 
UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands, Sep 1 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/01/uk-citizens-are-taking-air-pollution-monitoring-into-their-own-hands The Guardian]</ref>
 
[[File:College Green, Bristol - geograph.org.uk - 1586540.jpg|140px|left]]
[[Bristol news]]: Bristol’s rubbish heroes, Jun 22 <ref>[https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/bristols-rubbish-heroes/ bristol247.com]</ref><br clear=left>
 
[[File:Milleniumbridge2.JPG|140px|left]]
[[London news]]: Mayor plans to introduce Ultra Low Emission Zone in April 2019, Apr 4 <ref>[https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayor-plans-to-introduce-ulez-in-april-2019 london.gov.uk]</ref><br clear=left>
 
'''2016'''
 
Cars don’t just choke our children – they tear a hole in our communities, George Monbiot, Nov 8 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/08/cars-choke-communities-pollution-diesel The Guardian]</ref>
 
'''2015'''
 
Smoke and Mirrors, September 22 <ref>[http://www.monbiot.com/2015/09/22/smoke-and-mirrors/ monbiot.com]</ref>
 
'''2014'''
 
UK admits that air quality targets will be missed by 20 years, July 10 <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28255246 BBC News]</ref>
 
How the smog in Nottingham became worse than Beijing – and David Cameron made up a lot of unscientific nonsense, April 4 <ref>[http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2014/04/04/smog-nottingham-became-worse-beijing-david-cameron-made-lot-unscientific-nonsense/ energydesk.greenpeace.org]</ref>
 
== Events ==
 
'''2015'''
 
[[File:ThreeCliffsBay.jos.jpg|120px|left]]
September 18 - 21 Beachwatch<br>
[http://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/ mcsuk.org] <br clear=left>
 
May 18 - 23 Noise Action Week<br>
[http://www.noiseactionweek.org.uk/ noiseactionweek.org.uk] <br clear=left>
 
[[File:Shell Bay - geograph.org.uk.jpg|120px|left]] 
April 24 - 30 Big Beach Clean-up<br>
[http://www.mcsuk.org/foreverfish/ Marine Conservation Society] <br clear=left>
 
== See also ==
*[[Environment quality]]
*{{localtopicUK}}
*[[Biodiversity UK]]
*[[Climate action UK]]
*[[Open spaces UK]]
*[[Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle UK]]
*[[Rural sustainability UK]]
*[[Trees, woodland and forest UK]]
*[[Urban sustainability UK]]
 
== Interwiki links ==
Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom|Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom]]
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.litteraction.org.uk/ LitterAction]
 
=== Information from gov.uk ===
*[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/committee-on-radioactive-waste-management Committee on Radioactive Waste Management]
*[https://www.gov.uk/government/topics/environment Environment]
*[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency Environment Agency], public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. {{W|Environment Agency}}
*[https://www.gov.uk/floodsdestroy Floods destroy. Be prepared.]
*[https://www.gov.uk/local-environmental-quality Local environmental quality]
 
 
'''References'''
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"I don't drive to birdwatch any more. I walk from my house. I'm under no pressure to see anything exciting. I've stopped commodifying it. I just think of being out where I should be. Whenever I do that I'm really thankful for it. Nature is not there to make me feel better. It's something we can use to help us but ultimately we have to be there for it as well. And we've got to make wholesale changes to how we live." Joe Harkness[1]

Community action projects[edit | edit source]

  • Pesticide-Free Towns, see Pesticide-Free Towns – success stories, from pan-uk.org. Read how villages, towns and cities are going pesticide free and how you can make positive change where you live.

Events[edit | edit source]

Networks[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

England Noise and Air Quality Viewer, extrium.co.uk added 16:56, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

How clean is the air where you are? foe.co.uk

NightBlight, CPRE

UK Ambient Air Quality Interactive Map, Defra UK, government site

What's in Your Backyard? Local and national environmental data from the Environment Agency

Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]

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Wasteminster: A Downing Street Disaster
Authors: Greenpeace UK, May 17, 2021

"1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries every single day." The video gives a visualisation of the amount for a single day. One of the comments invites us to imagine the amount for a whole year.

  • Ranking UK supermarkets on pesticides, 2021, pan-uk.org, added 14:56, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
  • UK AIR, air quality information resource, Defra

Apps for sustainability[edit | edit source]

FixMyStreet - LitterGram

Other resources[edit | edit source]

  • Noisenuisance.org, a source of advice and help for those suffering from noise pollution added 17:00, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom[edit | edit source]

UK environmental inequalities refers to the way in which the quality of the environment differs between different communities in the UK.

Examples of environmental inequalities in the UK include: Access to parks, green spaces and the natural environment; Exposure to flood risk; Air pollution; Exposure to harmful chemicals; Transport-related problems and Proximity to waste and landfill sites.

Responses to UK environmental inequalities have included NGO's, academia and government. W

Campaigns[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

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External links

Information from gov.uk

References

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