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A pink poster on a tree, the text says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".

The front window of a house. There is a woman holding a child, standing in the window. The window has three pink posters attached to it.

A pink poster on a tree on a pavement, the text says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".

A pink poster on a community noticeboard, the text says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".

Huge thanks to our volunteers for putting up these posters to help shine a light on the uncomfortable facts about #WoodBurning. Here's a selection from London, Sheffield and Manchester. Can you think twice about burning? #CleanAirNight

Thank you to the London Wood Burning Project for raising awareness about this often overlooked source of dirty air. Many people don't realize how woodsmoke and solid fuel burning could be harming their health. Let's clean up our air and try to stay smokefree this winter!

Open fires and wood-burning stoves have risen in popularity over recent years. Smoke from burning causes air pollution which harms the health of
millions.
We can work together to improve the quality of the air we breathe.
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#cleanair
#woodburning
#airpollution

Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding

We’ve been urging the government to commit to stronger targets for years, so we're pleased that the government has finally listened.

The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.

👏 Clean air action is happening everywhere — in courts ⚖️ and classrooms 🏫!

On Monday, some of us were outside the Royal Courts of Justice for the #Dieselgate hearing with Mums for Lungs, while others led a clean air assembly at a local school.

Official #CodeRed | @emmahardymp.bsky.social issued national #PollutionAlert (1-hr ozone>180ug/m3) as @sianberry.bsky.social rose to present #CleanAir (Human Rights) Bill #EllasLaw in @ukparliament.parliament.uk YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT UP! uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/perio... ps more possible today...

Ellie smiling with campaigners outside Westminster. One campaigner holds a sign which reads "Tackle health inequalities by tackling air pollution #CleanAirDay"

Ellie smiling with a campaigner. He is wearing scrubs and holding a sign which says "We treat patients suffering the heath harms of polluted air every day. it's time to take action on air pollution."

On #CleanAirDay I joined 100+ healthcare workers, patients & campaigners to highlight the serious harm air pollution causes to our health & planet.

Clean air is a right—not a luxury. We need urgent action now.

Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur

Shocking new research by @clientearth.bsky.social & @creacleanair.bsky.social reveals the #Health effects of excess NOx #AirPollution emissions in the UK.

Reminder: these emissions come from Euro 5&6 #Diesel cars emitting suspiciously high levels of pollution. Millions are still on our roads.

A letter to Minister Emma Hardy asking when the Labour government will commit to new air pollution targets, considering the EU has already done so, thereby prioritising the health of its citizens.

EU Member States have highlighted their commitment to protecting children’s health by adopting new binding #AirPollution targets. When will our Labour government afford the same #Health protections to our children @emmahardymp.bsky.social?

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

“One of the most powerful forms of #Climate communication is just telling people that a majority of other people think climate change is happening, human-caused, a serious problem and a priority for action.”

This #EarthDay, can you have one conversation with friends, family & neighbours about this?

Hard to be motorist on ‘modest income’, says Starmer He made the comments as the Government unveiled plans for councils to prove they are tackling the issues or face losing the cash to fix them.

Sir Keir is forgetting the true cost of owning a vehicle. 

There is a societal cost as well as financial:

👉 Collisions - injuries, fatalities, economic losses, policing
👉 #AirPollution - negative impact on #Health & environment
👉 Environmental impact - emissions contribute to #Climate change

Image of the lower half of the UK, coloured green, with Defra's air pollution index bands underneath. These are numbered 1 to 10 and coloured from green through yellow, orange, red and purple.

A thread on the poor state of Defra’s #AirQuality Index, which tells the public about #AirPollution levels & provides recommendations & health advice.

Spoiler: we’re being falsely reassured, undermining the calls for action to address the #Health effects of air pollution. 👇👇👇

So scary, days like these make me worried to be raising a child in a highly polluted city!

Totally behind cleaning up the waterways but you make it sound like the air is sorted, @london.gov.uk. With a high #AirPollution episode earlier this week in London, it’s not job done by any means! #Diesel #WoodBurning

Ulez: Cleaner air for Londoners after expansion, study finds - BBC News London pollution has reduced after the controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, a report finds.

💪 The #ULEZ is revealed to have reduced #AirPollution significantly across ALL of London. 💚

Congratulations to @london.gov.uk, thank you for protecting children’s #Health and ensuring the next generation of Londoners can grow up breathing cleaner air.

Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter

Bradford's clean air zone significantly reduces respiratory illness. Thinking of all the children in Bradford that have asthma who will benefit from this. Clean air zones protect little lungs! www.theguardian.com/environment/...