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Chair of House of Commons Science Committee visits White City
Greg Clark MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, visited the Sir Michael Uren hub on a recent visit to the White City campus, where he met Prof Frank Kelly
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New report released by the Clean Air Fund: “The Pathway to Healthy Air in the UK”
New report published by the Clean Air Fund shows that, if the government is successful in implementing planned environmental, transport and clean air policies,
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Recognising the contributions of Centre staff (including Professor Martin Williams, pictured) in the new WHO guidelines on air pollution
The 2021 update to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) is the culmination of years of intensive research and deliberations with experts across the globe, including 6 staff from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London.
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Life expectancy declining in many English communities
New study shows number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College London News reports. Senior researcher Prof Majid Ezzati noted these declines signal
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Communities offered air quality sensors to monitor pollution levels
Aiming to reach communities with poor air quality and lack access to green space, including low-income and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Londoners, the Breathe London community programme, funded by
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How environmentally friendly are wood-burning stoves?
Previous studies have shown that people burn wood in their homes as they believe it to be more environmentally friendly. However figures released by the UK government in February this year show
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Environmentally friendly stoves emit 750 times more pollution than an HGV truck
From 2022, only stoves that meet an ecodesign standard will legally be sold in the UK and EU, however, the rules and regulations surrounding these standards are weak, as reported in the Guardian.
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Expansion of the London ultra-low emission zone
As the ultra-low emission zone expands from central London to the North and South Circular road boundaries, Dr Gary Fuller notes that although there is concern that this expansion simply moves the problem,
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World Health Organization updates air pollution guidelines
After evidence that toxic particles and gases harm humans at lower levels than believed, the World Health Organization (WHO) updates their guidelines on air pollution,
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Bolder action following new WHO guidelines on air pollution
Dr Audrey de Nazelle from the Centre for Environmental Policy and outgoing Network of Excellence on Air Quality chair at Imperial and Prof Frank Kelly discuss the need
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