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mikehinford.bsky.social
Wannabe Film Producer. Allergic to lots of stuff. Severe mould allergy. Atheist. Clean Air Campaigner. Universal Basic Income. Bristol, UK
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It’s #CleanAirDay next week. If you are a health professional and are concerned about #AirPollution please sign this letter asking for action from government to clean up the air we breathe www.globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/th... #sign #Prevention #CleanAirNow #WHOGuidelines

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Between 2009 & 2024, excess NOx emissions from #Diesel cars were responsible for a staggering 16,000 premature deaths & 30,000 cases of #Asthma in children. Please use @clientearth.bsky.social's quick form to email your MP, asking them to push the Government to act on #Dieselgate emissions.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Lake District air offered to London Underground passengers

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Gas hobs, which produce health-damaging air pollution, make up 40% of cooktop sales in the UK. New guidance from @globalactionplan.bsky.social and CLASP calls for an equitable shift to cleaner, safer electric cooking. Read more: airqualitynews.com/health/end-n...

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"A child is killed every day on our roads, yet cars are being made so large that children are invisible from the driver’s seat. How is that acceptable?" New @transenv.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org‬ study shows car bonnet heights have risen hugely. We need a legal height limit. #Carspreading

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Talie, it’s been a pleasure getting to know you recently. We’re really excited to have you with us championing #CleanAir & children’s health in #Nottingham. If there's anyone here also worried about pollution in Nottingham, email us at [email protected] to join our new group! #VolunteersWeek

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“The owner of the Drax wood-burning power station should be forced to disclose full details of its tree consumption, campaigners have argued.”

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

I am proud to be a (non-celebrity!) signatory to the #TakingThePip letter sent to Starmer and the government. We “demand that the government withdraw its inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits.” This is nothing less than “cruelty by policy.” tinyurl.com/3cmv43a9

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

“England’s [prescribed] peatland burning is releasing harmful levels of air pollution that current monitoring fails to capture, and existing regulations struggle to control…”

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

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.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

More than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people urge the Prime Minister to abandon the “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”. My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 18 days ago • 17 comments

Pumped #hydropower can effectively work as a long-duration battery by using renewable electricity when it is abundant to pump water up into a reservoir & release the water to generate electricity when renewable energy wanes. More efficient & cleaner than gas power stations.

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