#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

We know it’s the height of Summer, but interior magazine editors are currently planning their #Christmas editions. Can you write to them, asking them to consider not using images of blazing fires on their front covers or within features this year? #AirPollution #WoodBurning

🌬️ “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.

Have you signed our clean air e-petition? If not, you still have plenty of time! We need your help as we demand governments across the UK to urgently implement the latest air quality guidelines set by the World Health Organisation, to protect the health of future generations.

The good news is air quality can be improved. @impurbanhealth.bsky.social, we recently wrote for @bigissue.com about how Govt must equitably improve air quality: ✅Enshrine the right to breathe clean air in law 🔥Reduce domestic burning 🚛Fix the urban freight system www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...

BREAKING: We won! 💪 🙌 We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.

🎉Win for the environment and health🎉 Car manufacturers have been ordered to reveal key Dieselgate information about when and how allegedly illegal defeat devices are being used. This is a key step for driving urgent government action to fix the problem.

It is clear that burning wood and other solid fuels represent a severe health risk - And people don't realise the danger they're in. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic... #AirPollution

⚠️ Toxic air cuts 30,000 UK lives short every year. But some of us are paying a higher price with our health than others. 🔴 Children and younger people 🔴 Communities in deprived areas 🔴 People from ethnic minorities Is that fair? We don't think so. 👇

Worrying to read about this new study into #WoodBurning. #Ecodesign stoves produce high levels of ultrafine particles. Manufactured fuels eg wood briquettes/smokeless coal emit more pollution than seasoned or kiln-dried wood, despite being marketed as cleaner alternatives. #AirPollution

🏛️ Tackling air pollution needs joined-up government - health, transport & energy must work together 🤝 📢 Clear public alerts & education are vital to keep us safe 🫁 💷 Local councils need long-term funding to clean our air 🌿 #CleanAirNow

👀 Did you know? 🚗💨 NO₂ from engines & 🪵🔥 PM2.5 from wood burners get deep into our lungs, harming health. It's linked to asthma, heart attacks & even dementia. Air pollution is a silent killer - our new report aims to raise awareness & demand change 🌍 www.healthyair.org.uk/healthy-air-...

🚐💸 Charities & small businesses driving electric vans face £3K+ per year in extra charges under TfL’s proposed changes to the Congestion Charge discount 👎 We're backing @cleancitiescampaign.org in calling for an exemption for electric vans used by SMEs & charities. ✍️ Sign now:

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION: Clearing the Air 🚨 Our latest essay collection explores the political importance of clean air for the labour movement — as both a framing and outcome of the government’s ambition for a decade of national renewal. 🧵1/3

🌬️🚫 Dirty air is costing lives. Our colleagues @asthmaandlung.org.uk are calling on the UK to meet WHO clean air targets🌍 🖊️ Sign the petition & push for action by 2030 👉http://bit.ly/3GJqBQe

🌬️👏We welcome Hackney's ambition for new targets to tackle air pollution & align with WHO guidelines! We’re excited to see what’s next — other councils, take note! 📝🚦 #CleanAir #HealthyAir

🚀 Last week we launched our #CleanAir blueprint in Parliament with guest speakers @michaelmarmot.bsky.social & @emmahardymp.bsky.social - plus our amazing HAC partners. It’s a bold roadmap to a healthier, cleaner future 🌱💨 ➡️ Dive in: bit.ly/4lhjuxB

Clean air isn't a side issue - it speaks to the govt's core missions. 🩺 Preventing disease before it starts 📈 Healthier people = stronger economy ⚡ Supports goals to make Britain a clean energy superpower A new Clean Air Act delivers on all of it. ➡️ bit.ly/4lbztNE

• Commit to a traffic reduction target • Affordable, accessible public transport • Clear focus on walking & cycling • Better planning: ensure new homes are not reliant on cars Some of the recommendations in this #CleanAir report by @healthyairuk.bsky.social‬ (of which we are a member)

Also this week, we were delighted to watch Sian Berry MP introduce the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill to the House of Commons as a Ten Minute Rule Bill. A further bid to highlight the need for Ella's Law, to ensure no more families lose a loved one to air pollution.♥️ @sianberry.bsky.social #EllasLaw

🆕 We launched our Blueprint for Government Action on Clean Air this week, with the support of @michaelmarmot.bsky.social and @sarahcoombesmp.bsky.social. Read about the Healthy Air Coalition's solutions for air pollution in our new Blueprint 👇 www.healthyair.org.uk/healthy-air-... #AirPollution

Cleaning up our air is good for our planet and our health. As a coalition member, we are calling on the UK govt to back a new Clean Air Act and set targets in line with @whowpro.bsky.social 🌍📊 #CleanAir is a human right. Learn more below👇