Selected articles, information and coverage of CAfB
Cut air pollution to help avoid second coronavirus peak, MPs urge
Life After Car 2020 – local resident and CAfB member Molly Fletcher describes the benefits of a car-free life.
UK plans £250m boost for cycle lanes and fast-track e-scooter trials
Mayor’s Streetspace Plan could see cycling increased tenfold post-lockdown
Coronavirus detected on particles of air pollution
Exposure to air pollution increases risk of dying from coronavirus, doctors warn
MPs vote against introducing WHO PM2.5 guideline to Environment Bill
Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air pollution
Air pollution halves during first day of UK coronavirus lockdown
Air pollution from tyres up to 1,000 worse than from exhaust, claims study
Do you have it in green? The living fabrics that can help clean the air
How will the petrol and diesel car ban work?
Wembley Matters reports on CAfB AGM
Our Children Need Clean Air Now! meeting to take place in Queen’s Park
Parents say they are looking after their kids but drive SUVs
Emissions, efficient homes, recycling – how green is Brent?
Powering ahead: six new ways to charge an electric car
Air pollution particles found on foetal side of placentas – study
Evening Standard’s Page on Pollution
Highways England ‘sitting on money’ as just £7m of £75m toxic air fund spent
Clean air campaigners in Kensal Rise reject Brent’s Kensal Corridor Improvement Scheme
Can active travel to school make a significant impact on air pollution?
‘Location, location, lung disease’: pollution ads target property market
Vehicle pollution ‘results in 4m child asthma cases a year’
Deadly air in our cities: the invisible killer
Every council should consider Clean Air Zones says Public Health England
Air pollution deaths are double previous estimates, finds research
Pollution map reveals unsafe air quality at almost 2,000 UK sites
UNICEF Healthy Air for Every Child
Mayor doubles ‘scrap for cash’ polluting vehicle fund
Should you wish to support Rosamund Kissi-Debrah’s campaign to find out if air pollution killed her daughter Ella you can do so here.
Could a Car’s Only Emission Be Water?
London Being Left Behind in the Adoption of Electric Buses – Caroline Pigeon
Uber’s Clean Air Plan to help London go electric
Ella Kissi-Debrah ‘pollution’ death: Backing for new inquest
Pollution and flu bring steep rise in lung-related illnesses
Could a car’s only emission be water?
Air pollution levels ‘forcing families to move out of cities’
Government to fund local authority plans to tackle air pollution
Cars barred on south-east London roads to curb pollution
Cars set to be banned from half of roads in London’s Square Mile and speed limits slashed to 15mph
Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas
‘I was horrified that children are breathing air this dirty inside the school’
UK schools banning school run to protect pupils from air pollution
Leaked documents reveal biggest bus shake-up for decades
Protect children from toxic fumes with ‘keep clear’ signs at our bus stops, says father
Electric vehicles bill gets green light
Pollution linked to spike in hospital admissions
Children in A&E choking on pollution
Illegal levels of pollution linked to child’s death
Politicians pledge to clean up Brent’s filthy air – CAfB on Clean Air Day
London hot spots blighted by toxic air
IKEA clean air survey document
CAfB chair quoted in Kilburn Times article on the Ultra Low Emission Zone
CAfB makes front page of the Kilburn Times
The Kilburn Times reported on the party statements CAfB gathered for the local elections
Study finds air inside classrooms worse than outside
Options for a clean air zone in Bath
Brent diesel drivers face £50 parking charge Brent info here
Spring Statement: Hammond targets van drivers to tackle air quality
George Currie: Air quality is a Conservative issue
Air pollution: England’s chief medical officer calls for focus on health threat
The truth about the great diesel scandal has finally been said
Most UK parents back air pollution exclusion zones around schools
Government to punish emissions cheat devices with ‘unlimited’ fines
Clean Air for Brent October meeting in the Kilburn Times
Air quality monitoring in Queens Park in June 2017
Satellite to track air quality on earth
‘Stop Killing Londoners’ protest
CAfB’s event ‘The Air we Breathe’ covered in the Brent and Kilburn Times
The Times reports on new Harvard study on pollution killing thousands every year
Guardian Article on how dangerous pollution in cars is for children
The New Scientist ‘Cutting Through the Smog’
CAfB Press Releases
CAFB BCC Press Release 2 DECEMBER 2019NEW REPORT CALLS FOR STEP-CHANGE IN WAY BRENT COUNCIL DEALS WITH AIR POLLUTION
CAfB press release 19 NOVEMBER 2019 BRENT CHILDREN NEED CLEAN AIR NOW
CAfB press release 25 MAY 2018 CLEAN AIR FOR BRENT SAYS ONLY RADICAL ACTION CAN PROTECT THE BOROUGH’S CHILDREN FROM HARMFUL AIR POLLUTION
CAfB press release 2 MARCH 2018 CLEAN AIR FOR BRENT CALLS ON LOCAL POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS TO PLEDGE TO COMBAT AIR POLLUTION AT THE MAY 2018 ELECTIONS
CAfB press release 24 APRIL 2018 CLEAN AIR FOR BRENT WILL HOLD POLITICAL PARTIES TO THEIR AIR QUALITY PROMISES IN THE MAY LOCAL ELECTIONS
CAfB press release 16 JANUARY 2018 BRENT COUNCIL’S NEW AIR QUALITY ACTION PLAN IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE, SAYS THE BOROUGH’S CLEAN AIR CAMPAIGN GROUP
CAfB press release 14 NOVEMBER 2017 CAfB HAS RESPONDED TO HOUSE OF COMMONS SPECIAL INQUIRY WITH A CLARION CALL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE RADICAL ACTION TO MEET LEGAL AIR QUALITY LIMITS
CAfB press release 29 JUNE 2017 POLLUTION PUBLIC MEETING IN BRENT
Clean Air for Brent 