Novara FM: Trillions of Tiny Flying Particles
Dust might seem mundane, says Jay Owens, but only by looking at the tinest particles can we truly understand our impact on the planet.
Tag: pollution
Explainers: How Private Water Companies Are Killing Britain’s Rivers
Last year in Britain raw sewage was pumped into rivers and coasts 375,000 times. Not a SINGLE river in England has a clean bill of health. Aaron Bastani explains how private water companies are killing the country’s waterways – and why water bosses should face jail time.
Ash Wednesday: Why Do Rich People in Cities Drive Gas Guzzling SUVs?
SUVs are polluting, tacky, and more likely to result in a fatal collision than any other kind of car. So why do rich people like them so much? Ash Sarkar goes to Kensington and Chelsea – home to more SUVs than any other part of the country – to find out whether posh people can […]
Analysis: Is China the World’s Worst Climate Culprit?
Aaron Bastani
China is easily the world’s leading polluter. But when you take into account the country's size, population, investment in renewables and outsourced emissions things become a lot more complicated, writes Aaron Bastani.
Novara Docs: Death by Pollution
Do we all breathe the same air? Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was a nine-year-old girl who lived in south-east London and died in 2013. The cause of death was listed as air pollution, now her mother is fighting to make clean air a human right.
West London Residents Say They Have Been Poisoned by Developers Building on Toxic Site
Joe Attard
Residents of a majority BME west London borough believe they have been poisoned by a housing development on the site of a former gasworks. Building work that exposed families to toxic chemicals was given the go ahead by Boris Johnson and by the local council leader, after the developer sent him on all expenses paid trip to Cannes.
Climate Campaigners Take on the Hostile Environment
On July 30th Reclaim The Power activists marched through the City of London and occupied a power station site as part of an ongoing week of action linking up climate justice and migrants’ rights campaigns.
Try Though They Will, We Can’t Let Moderates Water Down the Green New Deal
Abel Harvie-Clark
Ahead of London Climate Action Week, Sadiq Khan has come out in support of a ‘Green New Deal’ for London. Abel Harvie-Clark argues we can’t let the Green New Deal be co-opted by moderate politicians with no intention of delivering the radical change we need.
London’s Air Quality Is a Problem, But Sadiq Khan’s Congestion Charge Isn’t the Solution
Kulsoom Jafri and Charlie Macnamara
From April this year, Sadiq Khan plans to impose a new congestion charge of £11.50 per day on minicab drivers in an attempt to reduce air pollution in London. But with the charge set to cost up to £4k each year to drivers already on the brink of poverty, this policy needlessly pits people against planet, argue Kulsoom Jafri and Charlie Macnamara.