TWPTUG wants to see a a vast reduction in air pollution deaths and suffering.
(Picture from TWPTUG AGM, 19 October 2015)
Reducing the carbon footprint of a city: Newcastle
Make a small footprint - How to reduce your own carbon output.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust cut carbon-emissions using cargo bikes.
Air pollution may be making us less intelligent.
Second council signs cleaner air charter.
UNICEF UK anti-pollution campaign - "EVERY CHILD'S BREATH IS UNDER THREAT, LET'S CHANGE THAT". Please sign the petition on their website. Thank you!
North Tyneside Friends of the Earth report on air quality update:
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Cullercoats Harbour Day and campaign against air pollution - letter sent to local press.
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Which Magazine - “77% of new diesel cars fail emission tests” (Change.org petition update)
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CapX article: The red diesel loophole is slowing the transition to cleaner alternatives.
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North Tyneside action on Saturday 18th August at Cullercoats Harbour Day, 12-1pm.
Guardian Opinion by John Vidal: Air pollution is a lethal blight that shames our politicians.
Hamburg becomes first German city to ban older diesel cars.
Government Clean Air Strategy: Reaction from the Transport Committee Chair.
European Parliament wants to protect workers from diesel exhausts. Click here for PDF document.
VW emissions: Transport Committee still pushing for answers. Click here for link to webpage.
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership's list of reports, including the Low Emission Bus Guide: www.lowcvp.org.uk/resource-library/reports-and-studies.htm
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32399-6/fulltext
PUBLIC MEETING: Air pollution in Gosforth: causes, effects, and solutions.
SPEAKER: Professor Margaret Bell, Newcastle University - expert on transport and air pollution.
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Cullercoats harbour Day and campaign against air pollution, August 2018.