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The diesel judgment - and our response
14th July 2026
On Friday 10th July, the judgment in the diesel emissions trial was handed down. Read the result and our response here.
Air pollution budgets cut by 99% as illegal levels of pollution continue for 11 million
18th November 2025
New FOI data shows that air quality budgets have been cut to just £1.5 million a year, from a high of £225 million in 2020/21, despite nearly 11 million people living in areas with illegal levels of NO2 pollution.
The Big Choke: domestic burning complaints rise 65% with barely any enforcement action
22nd October 2025
Our latest research reveals that over 15,000 complaints about domestic burning were made between September 2024 & August 2025, with barely a handful of fines issued and not a single prosecution pursued.
“A preventable health crisis” - our latest research on London hospital admissions
27th August 2025
Our latest research has revealed that 120,000 children were admitted to hospital or taken to A&E in London last year with serious breathing problems.
Dieselgate court case win
30th July 2025
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.
Hospital admissions in the under 3s in Manchester have risen by a third
30th April 2025
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
March 3rd 2025
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.
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.
Clean Air Now
Our analysis of data from hospital trusts across London has revealed that more than 15,000 children under 5 were admitted to hospitals across London in 2023 with serious breathing difficulties.
Wood burning: government failings
Our new research reveals the inadequacy of the Government’s legislation in tackling air pollution from wood burning. Only three fines have been handed out in Smoke Control Areas since Jan 2022, despite 10,000 complaints.