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A New Children’s Book Empowers Young Readers to Breathe Clean Indoor Air Nicholas isn’t your average kid. He has a unique superpower: he can see invisible air pollution. When Nicholas notices these harmful particles making his classmates sick, he knows he must take action. But how can you fight…

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Have you reinvented your fireplace for the modern age? Burning wood to keep warm is what our ancestors did, but in 2025 it’s just outmoded and outdated - smelly, polluting and messy. This is the solution The Sheriff Centre, NW6's Community hub has come up with. Share your #FireplaceFlip with us!

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👀 Once you see #Carspreading, you see it everywhere. It's taking over our streets, one oversized SUV at a time. Share your #Carspreading photos so we can show the world how bad it's getting. https://buff.ly/3X99Lzf

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🚶🚲 School streets make a big difference! They reduce traffic pollution and encourage active, healthy journeys to school ✨ We’re mapping every school street in Europe, and we need your help! 🗺️ 📢 Know a school street in your city? Submit it now: cleancitiescampaign.org/find...

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🚘 Three days left to sign! 🚘 Over 500 individuals and organisations have signed our open letter to the judge on the Dieselgate class action 🙏. Ten years after Dieselgate, we still have cars on our roads emitting suspiciously high levels of air pollution. Sign and share!

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“School streets are a total joy! The air smells and tastes completely different." (Quote from a #Manchester parent). #GreaterManchester people - talk to your headteacher about #SchoolStreets after half term. Transport for GM is looking for schools to register their interest!

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We're looking again at the Chief Medical Officer's 2022 #AirPollution report and noting how much diesel contributes to the nitrogen oxides we are breathing across England. Diesel needs to go. #DitchDiesel https://buff.ly/4hY9erU

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I've just signed the @mumsforlungs.bsky.social letter asking for transparency about the impact on the air we breathe from defeat devices fitted to diesel cars. 🖋️ Signatures accepted up to 22nd February.

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Brilliant to see #Bradford's #CleanAir zone reducing air pollution and improving health. "After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."

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500 signatures and counting! Let's get this to 1000. 🚘 💨 Remember #Dieselgate? That was 10 years ago. Diesel cars fitted with defeat devices are still on our roads today. We believe the public needs to know what we're breathing - please sign our letter if you agree. buff.ly/4hxAJZx #AirPollution

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Hello @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social - good to see you getting stuck in to your new post straight away! We look forward to working with you on the mission to sort out indoor #AirPollution as part of the Labour Government's #Health mission.

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Latest emissions data has been released, showing a slight overall reduction in PM2.5 levels from domestic combustion. However, if you live next to a wood burning household, an overall reduction means nothing because you're living in an #AirPollution hotspot. #WoodBurning www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Turns out horses love School Streets too! Thanks to Amy from Brookburn Primary School in Chorlton, Manchester for the pic. We love to see #SchoolStreets making a difference. #HappyValentinesDay

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As cars get bigger, so do the risks. People hit by larger cars when walking or cycling are far less likely to survive. @cleancitiescampaign.org needs your help to stop #Carspreading! Find out how: https://buff.ly/4gCta2z

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🚘 💨 Remember #Dieselgate? That was 10 years ago. 💨 🚘 Diesel cars fitted with defeat devices are still on our roads today. We believe the public needs to know what we're breathing - please sign our letter if you agree. https://buff.ly/4hxAJZx #AirPollution #Diesel

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We're excited to be at the third @landorlinks.bsky.social #SchoolStreets conference alongside so many brilliant people and organisations, all actively trying to make our school runs healthier and safer 💚. #AirPollution #ActiveTravel

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Great to see @traffordcouncil.bsky.social's school street scheme feature on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social this morning Give children the choice, and they will cycle to school. The only thing stopping them are adults who make our cities dangerous to be a kid!

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Good to see DEFRA getting closer to publishing a revised Environmental Improvement Plan. Will it include the legislation the Conservative government promised in the 2023 version, to tighten emissions limits in Smoke Control Areas? #AirPollution #WoodBurningStove www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Spaces are filling up fast for the Global Bike Bus Summit in Worcester in March 2025. Book your place now, or DM if you’re interested in contributing. www.bikeworcester.org.uk/global-bike-...

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This is why we need to limit children's #AirPollution exposure with measures like #SchoolStreets, phasing out #WoodBurning and reducing the number of vehicles on our roads overall. Even brief exposure to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) may impair a person’s cognitive abilities 👇 .

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“While SAF has a role to play in decarbonisation, growth sits in clear opposition to its impacts and potential. If the UK has any hope of meeting its climate targets, it should instead be seeking alternatives to flying where possible.”

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More than 1,100 people a year in the UK are developing the most prevalent form of lung cancer as a result of #AirPollution. This should be a wake-up call to Steve Reed and Wes Streeting. @emmahardymp.bsky.social

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The Government is halving subsidies for Drax and has ordered it to use 100% sustainable wood. Glad to see the subsidies haven't increased but obviously in an ideal world, trees wouldn't be burnt to create energy. #WoodBurning #Biomass #AirPollution

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Want to know why we need properly enforced #SchoolStreets in #GreaterManchester? Have a read of this, and then get in touch if you want to start the ball rolling on getting one at your school! https://buff.ly/3WPl2EJ

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Please write to Ed Miliband today. Thanks for setting this up @biofuelwatch.bsky.social. #AirPollution #Biomass

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Last night I attended "Toxic Air and Social Justice: The Unequal Burden of Air Pollution" in Parliament. We must tell the truth about toxic air as a health crisis that disproportionately targets children from the Global majority, intersecting with class & disability. We need ACTION; fewer cars.

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Why do people drive or fly short-haul instead of taking the train? Hmmm 👇 . "While high ticket prices have long been an issue, it is becoming more so each passing year, given the annual rise in train fares against 14 years of fuel duty cuts or freezes for car drivers." https://buff.ly/410hTEI

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It's pretty incredible to think that 90 per cent of #Lambeth's primary schools will have a #SchoolStreet in 9 months' time. Some boroughs are forging ahead while others aren't even out of the starting blocks - wouldn't it be great for all schools to benefit from this transformation?

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We've all been there, squeezing past a vehicle that feels unthinkably huge for city streets. Without action, SUVs will soon take over our roads, making them more dangerous and polluted. The SUV Alliance manifesto details what can be done 👇 . https://buff.ly/4aSmaxm #SaferStreets #WithoutSUVs

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@echr.coe.int have handed down a ruling that, "failure to adequately address environmental pollution violates the human right to life". This is huge, in the fight against #AirPollution and all that it does to us.

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The proportion of people being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked is increasing. "Changes in smoking patterns and exposure to #AirPollution are among the main determinants of the changing risk profile of lung cancer incidence". #WorldCancerDay

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"In reality, the only people losing here are the people of Greater Manchester, who are forced to breathe air that is damaging their health and the health of their families." Thanks to @asthmaandlung.org.uk for explaining why #GreaterManchester's clean air plan doesn't go far enough. #AirPollution

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Registration is open!

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Great that this Newsround piece continues to inspire! Interested but not got a #SAMHE monitor? Download our free stand-alone pack for curriculum-linked activities on #IndoorAirQuality. With guidance, worksheets and example school #AirQuality data and graphs. 👉 samhe.org.uk/get-involved 🍎 #STEM

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Thanks to @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak about #SchoolStreets at this year's Campaigners Conference. We feel mobilised and inspired by the many excellent conversations 💪. #AirPollution #ActiveTravel

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What @jonokenyon.bsky.social said 👇👇👇. #Bexley #Bromley #SchoolStreets

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Next up Jemima Hartshorn Founder of Mums for Lungs. 'My grandmother at the age of 92 cycles every day! She lives in Hamburg - it's not only great that she has her mobility, if I am honest I feel safer that she is not driving.'

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Excellent to meet @gwynnemp.bsky.social at the fantastic new #SchoolStreet at Acacias Community Primary School in Burnage, #Manchester today. We discussed the need for camera-enforced School Streets across GM, and the need to tackle #AirPollution from wood burning. We ❤️ School Streets! #Health

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There also remains significant questions around sustainable aviation fuel and air pollution. Reducing carbon emissions and improving public health must go hand in hand. #AirPollution

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