Air pollution may be causing 3,000 deaths in London each year, a report published today by the London Assembly exposed.

In the UK, air pollution is the biggest public health risk after smoking, causing up to 50,000 premature deaths every year, says Simon Birkett, founder of Clean Air London, a campaign group. More »

Simon HughesAt least 24,000 people in Britain are dying prematurely due to air pollution every year, research by the Liberal Democrats based on official EU reports has revealed. Analysis of an EU case study, released today by the Liberal Democrats, shows that at least 4,400 Londoners are dying prematurely each year from air pollution - four times greater than previously admitted by the Mayor of Lo...

The European Union is planning to take Britain to court for consistently breaching air pollution laws, which could result in unlimited daily fines. Air pollution near many roads averages well over twice the UN's World Health Organisation maximum recommended level, which has led to constant infringements of EU air quality laws. In particular, diesel engines emit large quantities of minute, soo...

I can barely be bothered to cover this, the post at Paul Flynn's blog is that despicable.Again he lies about the environment (this time as an attack on Boris Johnston over air pollution), again he defends a dictatorship who he's tried to support in the past.Two points.1. Paul, please direct us to a factual source that will back up your 15,000 deaths in London from air pollution last year. Put up o...

Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, lifted the lid yesterday on the Cabinet-level debate on the expansion of Heathrow, saying the government must not contemplate allowing itself to breach air pollution limits set by the European commission. His intervention could potentially put a break on government expansion plans. Air pollution around Heathrow already exceeds limits set by the commission an...

The UK government's continued failure to meet EU air pollution standards is cutting some people's life expectancy by two years, a report by MPs says.

The EU's upcoming industrial pollution law on air soil and water must be made flexible enough if the power sector is to deliver genuine results, a group of electricity companies said this week (2 December).

The European Parliament's adoption of the so-called Euro VI regulation on the exhaust emission standards of heavy vehicles will force new lorries and buses sold in Europe to meet stricter air pollution limits by 2014.

The European Commission has agreed on new rules for the use of data link in air traffic management (ATM) systems in Europe. Data link technology revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots through supplementing voice communications with an air-ground data link.