📣The Environmental Improvement Plan has been published 📣 We were pleased to join Ministers and stakeholders at the launch of the plan this morning in the Barbican 🌱 We heard from the Secretary of State that the EIP will set out credible policies with clear accountability partners and actions

💪From pushing for a new Clean Air Act to strengthening devolution legislation, we’ve been busy in Parliament making the case that everyone deserves to breathe healthy air. Here’s what we’ve been driving forward in the last week ⬇️

🌆 Great piece from Live + Breathe. From Healthy City Design 2025, Jayda David shows how art + activism + community-led creativity is pushing for cleaner air, climate justice, and healthier cities💨 🔗 airqualitynews.com/headlines/li...

NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years. Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.

🌬️ #AirPollution is a public health emergency. Our colleagues at @asthmaandlung.org.uk are demanding the govt adopt #AirQuality targets in line with the World Health Organizations' safe levels. Sign the petition to push for stronger #CleanAir laws:

#COP30 begins - and we’re on the ground to demand real action: - Tackle climate disinformation & protect information integrity - Hold companies accountable across their supply chainss - Turn climate pledges into law No more delay. Justice must take root. 🌱 Follow this thread.

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🗓️Thurs 6 Nov We're teaming up with @friends-earth.bsky.social for a webinar exploring the relationship between #AirPollution in neighborhoods + ethnicity, income & car ownership - based on new govt data. Join for free ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/air-pollut...

A huge thank you to @sianberry.bsky.social for championing clean air throughout the House of Commons Committee Stage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. 👏 This Bill is a real opportunity to ensure that Metro Mayors prioritise reducing #AirPollution and its harm to our health.

💪 Stronger PM2.5 limits saves lives. New UK study shows tougher air quality standards could prevent heart attacks, strokes + heart failure, particularly for the elderly and young. #CleanAir is a human right. 🔗

We're disappointed to read the government response to the OEP this week. How can it be possible for EU to work towards the lower pollution levels recommended by @who.int, but not the UK? ⏰ Time for the government to stop prevaricating over an #AirPollution health crisis. www.gov.uk/government/p...

🔥 15k+ wood-burning complaints in England last year ➡️ not a single prosecution. Just 24 fines. We join @mumsforlungs.bsky.social in calling for tougher action to curb #WoodBurning + #AirPollution 💨 🔗

Interesting read on the #Health impacts of #WoodBurning and cooking with gas. "For London... #AirPollution from the typical wood burner creates a yearly health cost of about £800 in the surrounding community".

🚨 Air pollution may fuel obesity + diabetes, says new global study. PM.5 can disrupt metabolism + damage 'good' fat that burns calories. Proof that #CleanAir is a public health issue 🌬️💛 🔗

🏫💨 The Clean Air Champions scheme is now open to schools across Wales! Backed by the Bupa foundation + led by our colleagues @asthmalungcymru.bsky.social it empowers pupils to track pollution + push for change. 🌍💛 #CleanAir Read more⬇️

Little lungs are paying for #Dieselgate every day. This morning we gathered at the Royal Courts of Justice on day one of the biggest ever group claim trial in English legal history. It’s time the car manufacturers paid. #AirPollution #Health

😷 New research links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risks of UTIs + male reproductive infections. It’s a reminder: clean air is a public health issue, not just an environmental one! 🌍⬇️ bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🚨 Bad news for clean air: funding to tackle pollution dropped by 20%, while fossil fuel aid jumped 80% to $9.5bn. 😷💨 The world can’t afford to bankroll dirty air! 🌍 🔗

If you're a councillor or a council officer, please come along to our #SchoolStreets webinar, two weeks today! We will share insights and practical steps on how to deliver School Streets effectively. Sign up below to join us on Friday, 17th October at 12pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mums-for-l...

#Airpollution increases the likelihood of becoming frail in middle & old age, according to an international review People living longer is something to celebrate but reducing #airpollution will be important for life-quality and health cost. Piece by me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We were thrilled to host a lively discussion this week at the Labour Party Conference, in partnership with @thefabians.bsky.social. Panellists discussed clean air justice and what it would mean for Labour to lead on this issue. ⚖️ @soniaadesara.bsky.social #LPC25

The Healthy Air Coalition has been at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool this week. We've been speaking to politicians, councillors and journalists to spread the word about the many benefits of clean air, most crucially to our health. #LPC2025 #AirPollution

We are very pleased that work to tackle toxic air in London meant the Capital met legal air pollution limits for the first time in 2024! ☁️ This is a Londonwide average. More to do for areas like Brixton and Lewisham to comply. But there's no doubt this news will improve Londoners' health ❤️

🌬️ Clean air matters! In ONE HOUR we team up with @thefabians.bsky.social at #LabourPartyConference. 📆 Mon 29 Sept | 10–11am 📍 Fabian Hub, Bluecoat Liverpool 🎤 MPs, mayors + experts - join the conversation!

🍃 Clean Air Justice: Time for Labour to Lead Monday 29 | 10.00 | Bluecoat | Healthy Air Coalition John Whitby MP | Mete Coban MBE | Cllr Waseem Zaffar MBE | Dr Mike McKean | Dr Sonia Adesara

🌆 HAC London unites health, environment + transport orgs against toxic air. And now… we’ve just launched our brand new page! 🚲🏥🌳 ➡️ Explore:

NEW: 500,000 cars on UK roads may be fitted with emissions-cheating devices. This means 10 years after the #Dieselgate scandal broke, our government still hasn't acted to protect us from polluting vehicles. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/... @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social

Tomorrow marks the ten year anniversary of #Dieselgate. It is unbelievable that, ten years after this scandal broke, we are still breathing in excess emissions from diesel cars, and nothing has been done about it in the UK. #AirPollution

Heading to #LibDemConference? 🌿 Come hear how @libdems.org.uk can lead on #CleanAir 🌬️ with us + @ldnc-uk.bsky.social 📆 Sun 21 Sept | 11:30–12:30 📍 Tregonwell Hall, BIC Bournemouth ➡️ See you there!

🏘️ Building homes is vital - but building car dependency isn’t. Let’s plan for clean air through active🚆🚲 travel + thriving neighbourhoods where people come first. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Read more in our blueprint report⬇️ www.healthyair.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🚨 Study: Cancer deaths from #AirPollution may climb again by 2050. Aging populations + weak controls are putting women especially at risk. Clean energy & strong laws can save lives. 🌍💨⚖️

🎉 Delighted to welcome @rsph.bsky.social as our newest partner to the Healthy Air Coalition! 🫀 RSPH strives to improve public health through policy, research & engagement 💡 We're ready to learn from their expertise in our push for #CleanAir for all

🫁'In the UK outdoor air pollution causes around 1 in 10 lung cancers' A sobering read about the pressing dangers of #AirPollution⬇️

Yet more evidence linking air pollution to dementia. We must take this seriously. "Lowering our collective exposure to air pollution... can potentially reduce the risk of developing these devastating neurodegenerative conditions on a population-wide scale.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution costs countries up to 6.5% of GDP every year. The clock is ticking in the race for clean air, and there are no valid excuses to slow action. Organizing an event to mark Sunday’s #CleanAirDay? Register it here: www.cleanairblueskies.org/get-involved...

Clean Air Justice: Time for Labour to Lead Monday 29 | 10.00 | Bluecoat | @healthyairuk.bsky.social

🚨In London boroughs like Southwark, air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk to your health. That's why we're working with @lb-southwark.bsky.social to reduce emissions at source, and protect people from air pollution: urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...

The latest @healthyairuk.bsky.social report calls for stronger science-based air quality targets and a robust legislative framework to drive real policy change. Read more 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/RFHAC0825

For #LibDemConference 🌿 we’re teaming up with @ldnc-uk.bsky.social to explore how @libdems.org.uk can lead on #CleanAir 🌬️ 📆 Sun 21 Sept | 11:30–12:30 📍 Tregonwell Hall, BIC Bournemouth ➡️ If you’re at conference, join us!

Could you be our next #Schools Lead? We are hiring an energetic, creative and community-focused Schools Lead to continue our impactful work on School Streets in Lambeth and Southwark in London, and across the country. Apply by 7th September! #AirPollution www.mumsforlungs.org/news/hiring-...

For #LabourPartyConference we're teaming up with the @thefabians.bsky.social to host a free public panel on advancing a clean air agenda 🌬️ 📆 Monday 29 Sept |10 -11am 📍 Fabian Hub, Bluecoat Liverpool 🎤 MPs, mayors + experts on air, transport, tobacco & more 👉 Come and join the conversation

If air pollution kills 30,000 people a year in Britain, what’s it doing to our rivers, trees, and pollinators? We’re supporting @healthequals.bsky.social campaign to #MakeHealthEqual and ensure that everyone has clean air to breathe. 👉 brnw.ch/21wUm5l

🚨Code Red🚨 | We're upgrading our health alert to HIGH ozone #AirPollution in southern and central England on Tuesday and Wednesday (12-13/8). National #PollutionAlert highly likely by 6pm each day. Ozone is the most-irritant gas for humans. Don't burn🔥. Check health advice ⛑️

🚨 114k London children hit A&E last year with severe breathing issues. UK: worst asthma rates in Europe + 30k premature deaths from toxic air yearly. #CleanAir = human right 🌫️👶💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are excited to partner with @thefabians.bsky.social at this year's Labour Party Conference. For those heading to Liverpool at the end of September, look out for our clean air event on Monday morning. 📣 More details to follow! #AirPollution

🔥 Our health > plastic profits. ♻️ 58% of UK plastic waste is BURNED, accounting for 13.75% of all PM2.5 pollution in the UK. ⚠️ Incinerators are disproportionately sited in ethnically diverse, low-income areas, causing infant deaths & miscarriages. 🚨Time for change

🌬️ “I spend a lot of my time trying to encourage people to get outside...breathing clean air is a basic right & if they’re going to be active in an area that isn’t safe for them, it’s really scary" 🏃Legendary marathoner Paula Radcliffe on why clean air matters for everyone ➡️ bit.ly/45yZcdl

🧠💨 A major global study in @thelancet.com links #AirPollution - especially PM2.5 & vehicle emissions - to an increased risk of Alzheimer's & dementia. With dementia cases set to nearly triple by 2050, #CleanAir is crucial to brain health 🌍 Read more ➡️http://bit.ly/3J9bK2g

🎉 Thrilled to welcome @sosukcharity.bsky.social to the Healthy Air Coalition! 🌱 SOS-UK is a student-led education charity empowering young people to lead on environmental justice. 💡 We’re excited to learn from their expertise as we push for #CleanAir for all.