@country-air.bsky.social
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It's been nearly six weeks since the #Dieselgate trial began. This week, the High Court was told that about a million Ford diesel cars were sold in the UK with defective emissions controls. Many of those cars were never formally recalled or fixed; we are long overdue a manufacturer-funded recall.
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told
Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's been nearly six weeks since the #Dieselgate trial began. This week, the High Court was told that about a million Ford diesel cars were sold in the UK with defective emissions controls. Many of those cars were never formally recalled or fixed; we are long overdue a manufacturer-funded recall.
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The effects of wood burning go far beyond physical symptoms.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The effects of wood burning go far beyond physical symptoms.
"Even a new wood stove today could be affected by further tightening of regulations in 10–15 years. This makes the investment riskier – especially since retrofitting is often more expensive than buying new and doesn't always help with older models emissions"
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Even a new wood stove today could be affected by further tightening of regulations in 10–15 years. This makes the investment riskier – especially since retrofitting is often more expensive than buying new and doesn't always help with older models emissions"
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✨ Our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is back for Series Two! ✨
We return Tues 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that keep the tobacco industry powerful and profitable.
🎧 Listen to our new trailer: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...
#DeadlyIndustryPod
We return Tues 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that keep the tobacco industry powerful and profitable.
🎧 Listen to our new trailer: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...
#DeadlyIndustryPod
September 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
✨ Our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is back for Series Two! ✨
We return Tues 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that keep the tobacco industry powerful and profitable.
🎧 Listen to our new trailer: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...
#DeadlyIndustryPod
We return Tues 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that keep the tobacco industry powerful and profitable.
🎧 Listen to our new trailer: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...
#DeadlyIndustryPod
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Still no comment from you on Benzo[a]pyrene emissions? We are expected to tolerate high levels of this toxic carcinogen less than 2m from our windows so that the stove industry can profit from polluting the air in cities. Modern stoves burning "Ready to Burn" wood are proven to be largest UK source
September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Still no comment from you on Benzo[a]pyrene emissions? We are expected to tolerate high levels of this toxic carcinogen less than 2m from our windows so that the stove industry can profit from polluting the air in cities. Modern stoves burning "Ready to Burn" wood are proven to be largest UK source
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Toxic air is harming our health, triggering lung conditions and worsening asthma 🫁
79% of people say it worsens their lung condition.
Ban new wood burning stoves
🌍 Support our call for urgent clean air action and sign the petition:
#StopBurningStuff
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
79% of people say it worsens their lung condition.
Ban new wood burning stoves
🌍 Support our call for urgent clean air action and sign the petition:
#StopBurningStuff
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
Sign our Petition to Protect Children’s Lungs: Implement World Health Organisation Air Quality Standards in the UK
🫁 Support our call for urgent clean air action
Toxic air isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health emergency. It contributes to lung cancer, worsens asthma and COPD, and harms children’s deve...
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk
September 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Toxic air is harming our health, triggering lung conditions and worsening asthma 🫁
79% of people say it worsens their lung condition.
Ban new wood burning stoves
🌍 Support our call for urgent clean air action and sign the petition:
#StopBurningStuff
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
79% of people say it worsens their lung condition.
Ban new wood burning stoves
🌍 Support our call for urgent clean air action and sign the petition:
#StopBurningStuff
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
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Only half of the UK public are aware that wood-fuelled power stations exist at all, and only half are concerned about the #AirPollution that comes from domestic burning (wood burning stoves and open fires).
Read @globalactionplan.bsky.social's new evidence review on #WoodBurning 👇.
Read @globalactionplan.bsky.social's new evidence review on #WoodBurning 👇.
Wood burning: it’s time for a rethink
Burning wood has been long touted as a ‘sustainable’ alternative to other methods of producing energy, however, the tides may be starting to turn as more people wise up to the issues with wood burning...
www.globalactionplan.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Only half of the UK public are aware that wood-fuelled power stations exist at all, and only half are concerned about the #AirPollution that comes from domestic burning (wood burning stoves and open fires).
Read @globalactionplan.bsky.social's new evidence review on #WoodBurning 👇.
Read @globalactionplan.bsky.social's new evidence review on #WoodBurning 👇.
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A resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island who is being smoked out by a neighbor’s illegal fire pit asked local authorities to enforce the town’s law against backyard burning.
The Town Council’s response? Consider making backyard burning legal.
The Town Council’s response? Consider making backyard burning legal.
Council Considers Allowing Recreational Fire Pits – East Greenwich News
You didn’t know they weren’t allowed? The Town Council Aug. 12 opened a public hearing on revisions to the town’s open burning ordinance, motivated to clarify a law that – as written today – places ma...
eastgreenwichnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island who is being smoked out by a neighbor’s illegal fire pit asked local authorities to enforce the town’s law against backyard burning.
The Town Council’s response? Consider making backyard burning legal.
The Town Council’s response? Consider making backyard burning legal.
Who would have thought Tobacco companies lie? Much like the sick, poisoning of milliins world wide by the trend of wood-burning stoves. Promoted by criminals and liars.
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Who would have thought Tobacco companies lie? Much like the sick, poisoning of milliins world wide by the trend of wood-burning stoves. Promoted by criminals and liars.
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Together with Foxglove, we’re launching a legal challenge against the government’s decision to force construction of a data centre in Buckinghamshire.
Please support us by donating and help us stand up for our environment, our resources, and our communities.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...
Please support us by donating and help us stand up for our environment, our resources, and our communities.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...
August 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Together with Foxglove, we’re launching a legal challenge against the government’s decision to force construction of a data centre in Buckinghamshire.
Please support us by donating and help us stand up for our environment, our resources, and our communities.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...
Please support us by donating and help us stand up for our environment, our resources, and our communities.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...
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🏠🚧🚚 Housing, construction and freight are major sources of pollution in Southwark.
We’re working with @lb-southwark.bsky.social to address those sources head‑on and put residents’ health first.
We’re working with @lb-southwark.bsky.social to address those sources head‑on and put residents’ health first.
Working together for cleaner air in Southwark
With Southwark Council
urbanhealth.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🏠🚧🚚 Housing, construction and freight are major sources of pollution in Southwark.
We’re working with @lb-southwark.bsky.social to address those sources head‑on and put residents’ health first.
We’re working with @lb-southwark.bsky.social to address those sources head‑on and put residents’ health first.
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💨 Heating our homes shouldn’t harm our health.
If the Government’s serious about prevention and health equity, it’s time to phase out wood burning and invest in clean heating - like the heat pumps our HAC colleagues at @nestauk.bsky.social are showcasing.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4jRZQHF
#HomeHeating
If the Government’s serious about prevention and health equity, it’s time to phase out wood burning and invest in clean heating - like the heat pumps our HAC colleagues at @nestauk.bsky.social are showcasing.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4jRZQHF
#HomeHeating
Visit a heat pump
We want to make it easier for people to see heat pumps in real-home settings
www.nesta.org.uk
June 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
💨 Heating our homes shouldn’t harm our health.
If the Government’s serious about prevention and health equity, it’s time to phase out wood burning and invest in clean heating - like the heat pumps our HAC colleagues at @nestauk.bsky.social are showcasing.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4jRZQHF
#HomeHeating
If the Government’s serious about prevention and health equity, it’s time to phase out wood burning and invest in clean heating - like the heat pumps our HAC colleagues at @nestauk.bsky.social are showcasing.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4jRZQHF
#HomeHeating
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Top RFK Jr. aide attacks US health system while running company that promotes 'wellness' supplements www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/top-r... @apnews.com
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca
June 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Top RFK Jr. aide attacks US health system while running company that promotes 'wellness' supplements www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/top-r... @apnews.com
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca
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Strange how this isn’t front page news…#ClimateChange is causing glaciers to melt faster & faster, & permafrost, the glue that holds glaciers together, is also thawing.
Glaciologists have warned for time some alpine towns/villages are at risk from global heating.
Glaciologists have warned for time some alpine towns/villages are at risk from global heating.
May 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Strange how this isn’t front page news…#ClimateChange is causing glaciers to melt faster & faster, & permafrost, the glue that holds glaciers together, is also thawing.
Glaciologists have warned for time some alpine towns/villages are at risk from global heating.
Glaciologists have warned for time some alpine towns/villages are at risk from global heating.
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This #WorldNoTobaccoDay🚭, @who.int are exposing the deceptive tricks used by the tobacco & nicotine industries in the pursuit of profit.
These architects of addiction use manipulative designs and attractive flavours to hide the bitter truth. #TobaccoExposed
👉 www.tobaccotactics.org/article/arch...
These architects of addiction use manipulative designs and attractive flavours to hide the bitter truth. #TobaccoExposed
👉 www.tobaccotactics.org/article/arch...
May 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This #WorldNoTobaccoDay🚭, @who.int are exposing the deceptive tricks used by the tobacco & nicotine industries in the pursuit of profit.
These architects of addiction use manipulative designs and attractive flavours to hide the bitter truth. #TobaccoExposed
👉 www.tobaccotactics.org/article/arch...
These architects of addiction use manipulative designs and attractive flavours to hide the bitter truth. #TobaccoExposed
👉 www.tobaccotactics.org/article/arch...
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We ran a retrofit pilot project to demonstrate how local authorities can support households in switching to healthier, cleaner and more efficient cooking appliances. While some were hesitant at first, all of them preferred their new induction hobs! ⬇️
www.globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/ga...
www.globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/ga...
May 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We ran a retrofit pilot project to demonstrate how local authorities can support households in switching to healthier, cleaner and more efficient cooking appliances. While some were hesitant at first, all of them preferred their new induction hobs! ⬇️
www.globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/ga...
www.globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/ga...
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“England’s [prescribed] peatland burning is releasing harmful levels of air pollution that current monitoring fails to capture, and existing regulations struggle to control…”
We often hear about #airpollution from wildfires in North America and southern Europe but fires in the UK are less studied.
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the impacts of moorland fires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the impacts of moorland fires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Researchers create system to log air quality impacts of moorland fires
Peak District pilot scheme combines satellite data with sensors on the ground to measure particle pollution
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“England’s [prescribed] peatland burning is releasing harmful levels of air pollution that current monitoring fails to capture, and existing regulations struggle to control…”
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Impact on Urban Health are doing loads on wood burning:
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
The Government’s backward step on wood-burning stoves puts public health and climate action at risk
The Government's decision to permit wood-burning stoves in new builds contradicts growing evidence about the harmful effects these stoves have on public health and the environment.
urbanhealth.org.uk
May 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Impact on Urban Health are doing loads on wood burning:
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
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They made £3.2bn profit in the UK.
They paid -£12.4m in tax.
This is why there is no money.
They paid -£12.4m in tax.
This is why there is no money.
May 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
They made £3.2bn profit in the UK.
They paid -£12.4m in tax.
This is why there is no money.
They paid -£12.4m in tax.
This is why there is no money.
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#WoodBurningStoves
If you liked the first video with 5 facts about wood burning pollution, here's 5 more.
See more facts from Doctors and Scientists Against Woodsmoke Pollution here:
www.dsawsp.org/resources/wo...
If you liked the first video with 5 facts about wood burning pollution, here's 5 more.
See more facts from Doctors and Scientists Against Woodsmoke Pollution here:
www.dsawsp.org/resources/wo...
May 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#WoodBurningStoves
If you liked the first video with 5 facts about wood burning pollution, here's 5 more.
See more facts from Doctors and Scientists Against Woodsmoke Pollution here:
www.dsawsp.org/resources/wo...
If you liked the first video with 5 facts about wood burning pollution, here's 5 more.
See more facts from Doctors and Scientists Against Woodsmoke Pollution here:
www.dsawsp.org/resources/wo...
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For many carcinogens and toxins, burning dry wood in “Ecodesign” stoves (which the stove industry recommend) is worse than burning dry wood on open fires, eg. Benzene, 13-butadiene, Carbon Monoxide, Non methane VOC, Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]flouranthene, benzo[k]flouranthene, Dioxins, Flouranthene.
May 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
For many carcinogens and toxins, burning dry wood in “Ecodesign” stoves (which the stove industry recommend) is worse than burning dry wood on open fires, eg. Benzene, 13-butadiene, Carbon Monoxide, Non methane VOC, Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]flouranthene, benzo[k]flouranthene, Dioxins, Flouranthene.
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Same thing has happened to the SIA and Homefires.
The SIA misinformation is arguably worse as it wasn’t new information that made it out-of-date, like the Cosy Killer campaign.
medium.com/@ChronicIlln...
The SIA misinformation is arguably worse as it wasn’t new information that made it out-of-date, like the Cosy Killer campaign.
medium.com/@ChronicIlln...
Scaremongering? Misinformation complaint about SIA also ‘upheld’
The Stove Industry Association, and their members have recently publicised an action from the Advertising Standards Agency against Brighton…
medium.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Same thing has happened to the SIA and Homefires.
The SIA misinformation is arguably worse as it wasn’t new information that made it out-of-date, like the Cosy Killer campaign.
medium.com/@ChronicIlln...
The SIA misinformation is arguably worse as it wasn’t new information that made it out-of-date, like the Cosy Killer campaign.
medium.com/@ChronicIlln...
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"Wood burners are not a cost-effective, healthy or sustainable alternative to other forms of heating, notably heat pumps, & should not play a critical role in the heat security of our future homes."
Well said @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @richardswsmith.bsky.social @jillbelch.bsky.social
Well said @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @richardswsmith.bsky.social @jillbelch.bsky.social
Alliance of UK health groups call for stove ban in new homes
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) have responded to the recent revelation that wood stoves will not be banned under the Future Homes Standard, writing to Matthew Pennycook MP, the…
airqualitynews.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Wood burners are not a cost-effective, healthy or sustainable alternative to other forms of heating, notably heat pumps, & should not play a critical role in the heat security of our future homes."
Well said @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @richardswsmith.bsky.social @jillbelch.bsky.social
Well said @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @richardswsmith.bsky.social @jillbelch.bsky.social
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Yep!
"The fundamental reason certification test procedures are not predictive of real-world emissions during in-home use is that there is a host of variables that make in-home usage quite different from the controlled test conditions in the laboratory."
web.archive.org/web/20170622...
"The fundamental reason certification test procedures are not predictive of real-world emissions during in-home use is that there is a host of variables that make in-home usage quite different from the controlled test conditions in the laboratory."
web.archive.org/web/20170622...
Straight Talk
Hearth & Home Magazine - A Publication from Village West Publishing
web.archive.org
May 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Yep!
"The fundamental reason certification test procedures are not predictive of real-world emissions during in-home use is that there is a host of variables that make in-home usage quite different from the controlled test conditions in the laboratory."
web.archive.org/web/20170622...
"The fundamental reason certification test procedures are not predictive of real-world emissions during in-home use is that there is a host of variables that make in-home usage quite different from the controlled test conditions in the laboratory."
web.archive.org/web/20170622...
Children know that it is stinky and unpleasant. It should be a child's right to not be exposed to the level of chemicals that wood stoves put into the air.
It’s been known for a long time that wood smoke is similar to cigarette smoke and that it harms children. The study this quote is taken from, for instance, was published in 1993. (It found that fine particle pollution from wood burning makes breathing more difficult for young asthmatic children.)
May 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Children know that it is stinky and unpleasant. It should be a child's right to not be exposed to the level of chemicals that wood stoves put into the air.