
News
We’re hiring!
We are hiring an energetic, creative and community-focused Schools Lead to continue our impactful work on School Streets in Lambeth and Southwark in London, and across the country.
Dieselgate court case win
We are absolutely delighted to report that last Friday, the High Court ordered car manufacturers to release unredacted documents ahead of October’s Dieselgate trial, granting our application to the court in full.
The case for School Streets - a briefing for councils
Read our School Streets briefing for councils, which includes our latest research on how School Streets enforced with cameras are proving to be cost-neutral within two years.
Writing to magazine editors about Christmas editions
Help us raise awareness with magazine editors that using images of stoves and fires in their magazines inadvertently promotes wood burning.
Mums for Lungs calls for public transparency in Dieselgate hearing
As part of our ongoing Dieselgate campaign, we attended the Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation hearing at the High Court this week. This is the next stage in our campaign to ensure public transparency and open justice in the upcoming £6 billion Dieselgate trial, scheduled for October.
Mums for Lungs Clean Air Schools
Mums for Lungs is proud to announce our new accreditation system for primary and secondary schools. We’re inviting schools in Southwark and Lambeth to sign up and acknowledge their important role in reducing air pollution.
School Streets FAQs for school leadership teams and teachers
Teachers - want to know why School Streets are so great? Read our School Street FAQs for schools!
Hospital admissions in the under 3s in Manchester have risen by a third
We've uncovered a 33 per cent increase in the number of babies and toddlers admitted to Manchester hospitals with breathing problems between 2023 and 2024.
Dieselgate: the sequel
Car manufacturers must be held to account - our new analysis shows a shocking number of the most polluting diesel cars are still on UK roads, 10 years after Dieselgate.
Silvertown Tunnel opens
With the Silvertown Tunnel officially opening in East London, we’ve written to Sir Sadiq Khan to reiterate our view that his support for the tunnel is misguided and to request a comprehensive review of traffic in London.
School air pollution assemblies
We have written three air pollution assemblies, for Key Stages 1 to 3, to help inform the next generation about the impacts of air pollution.
ULEZ One Year Report
London's Ultra Low Emission Zone One Year report is great news for Londoners’ health. The ULEZ has reduced air pollution significantly across ALL of London 💚 .
Levels of nitrogen dioxide in London
This map displays nitrogen dioxide levels across London in 2022, the latest annual data available, revealing that there is a long way to go until Londoners are breathing clean air.
Open letter about diesel emissions
There are still millions of diesel cars on our roads emitting suspiciously high levels of air pollution. We’ve written an open letter to the judge on the upcoming diesel emissions class action. We need full transparency about the vehicle emissions we are all breathing.
Local authorities still failing to tackle wood burning
Our latest research, building on our previous Freedom of Information requests from 2021 and 2023, again reveals the inadequacy of the Government’s legislation in tackling air pollution from wood burning in smoke control areas.
School Streets Facebook group
Our School Streets Facebook group brings together people from all over the UK to talk about School Streets. We collectively share information, answer questions, give advice and can set up one-to-one chats
Wood burning template letter to councils
Some councils get it, and some don’t. We applaud Lambeth Council’s strong messaging on the need to reduce wood burning and Oxford City Council’s Do You Fuel Good campaign,
Wood burning template letter to the media
How can something as toxic as the burning of wood be promoted by so many magazines and house renovation TV shows?
Make the school run your superpower!
Whichever way you look at it, the school run will take up a significant amount of your life over the next seven years. But it doesn’t have to be a horror story.
Greater Manchester School Streets campaigning guide
Both Mayor Andy Burnham and the leader of Manchester City Council Bev Craig have committed to implementing many more School Streets across GM in the next few years. We want to help start the ball rolling, so we’ve created a campaigning guide for School Streets across Greater Manchester.