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Real Christmas trees are popular, but what do you do with your tree when the holidays are over? There are lots of ways to recycle or repurpose your tree, read how to safely dispose of your tree without harming your family and neighbours. tinyurl.com/2xtwc6mb
#airpollution
#christmastree
#airpollution
#christmastree
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Real Christmas trees are popular, but what do you do with your tree when the holidays are over? There are lots of ways to recycle or repurpose your tree, read how to safely dispose of your tree without harming your family and neighbours. tinyurl.com/2xtwc6mb
#airpollution
#christmastree
#airpollution
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Good article—but why the need to give the wood stove industry the last word?
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
Warning to people with log burning fires following new report
A new report has claimed that banning solid fuels like wood and log burners in UK homes could save 1,500 lives a year and £54m in NHS funding.
www.mirror.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Good article—but why the need to give the wood stove industry the last word?
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
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New story on our website: A UK resident is being smoked out by someone burning a Defra-approved “smokeless fuel”—coal.
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
Suffocating fumes from “smokeless fuel”
A neighbour burning “smokeless fuel” is creating misery for a UK resident.
www.dsawsp.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New story on our website: A UK resident is being smoked out by someone burning a Defra-approved “smokeless fuel”—coal.
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
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Air pollution will be the subject of our new inquiry, following a winning pitch from @mumsforlungs.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social in our Environment in Focus competition.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Air pollution will be the subject of our new inquiry, following a winning pitch from @mumsforlungs.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social in our Environment in Focus competition.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
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NEW: We’re delighted that our founder @jemimavivien.bsky.social & @nateaston.bsky.social's pitch to the @commonseac.parliament.uk for an #AirPollution inquiry has been accepted! Thanks for all the hard work from so many on this - a fantastic end to the year! committees.parliament.uk/publications...
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NEW: We’re delighted that our founder @jemimavivien.bsky.social & @nateaston.bsky.social's pitch to the @commonseac.parliament.uk for an #AirPollution inquiry has been accepted! Thanks for all the hard work from so many on this - a fantastic end to the year! committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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The updated 2022 baseline, concentration and exposure data shows us there is clearly a lot more work to do on #WoodBurning in London.
We need stronger action from both DEFRA and @london.gov.uk to reduce unnecessary burning in London.
data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...
We need stronger action from both DEFRA and @london.gov.uk to reduce unnecessary burning in London.
data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The updated 2022 baseline, concentration and exposure data shows us there is clearly a lot more work to do on #WoodBurning in London.
We need stronger action from both DEFRA and @london.gov.uk to reduce unnecessary burning in London.
data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...
We need stronger action from both DEFRA and @london.gov.uk to reduce unnecessary burning in London.
data.london.gov.uk/dataset/lond...
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A new story on our website: A professional gardener is experiencing serious smoke-related health problems resulting in financial, as well as physical and emotional, strain.
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
Surrounded and sickened
Life in a small UK village has become filled with sickness, misery, and financial strain due to residents burning wood and other solid fuel.
www.dsawsp.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new story on our website: A professional gardener is experiencing serious smoke-related health problems resulting in financial, as well as physical and emotional, strain.
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
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Sending sympathy and solidarity to everyone in Delhi. The current level of #AirPollution there is more than 30 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organization.
Delhi moves schools online and bans construction as toxic haze chokes capital
Air quality index reaches severe levels at 471, more than 30 times WHO safety limit, forcing authorities to invoke highest pollution control measures
www.easterneye.biz
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sending sympathy and solidarity to everyone in Delhi. The current level of #AirPollution there is more than 30 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organization.
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#CleanAirNews | EAC is hearing five pitches on Wednesday afternoon for a new Inquiry including #AirPollution #AirQuality #EllasLaw committees.parliament.uk/work/9336/th...
The Environment in Focus - Committees - UK Parliament
The Environmental Audit Committee has today launched an open call for potential topics of inquiry in the areas of climate change, the environment and nature. ‘The Environment in focus’ Inquiry invites...
committees.parliament.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#CleanAirNews | EAC is hearing five pitches on Wednesday afternoon for a new Inquiry including #AirPollution #AirQuality #EllasLaw committees.parliament.uk/work/9336/th...
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“A year’s worth of readings from our air quality sensors showed that PM2.5 pollution… was 91% higher during the winter months compared with the summer. This directly coincides with when we know many people use open fires and wood-burning stoves.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2569255...
Senior councillor defends campaign to stop people using log burners in Brighton
From running adult social care, to fixing potholes and repairing roads, authorities like Brighton and Hove City Council are responsible for a lot of…
www.theargus.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“A year’s worth of readings from our air quality sensors showed that PM2.5 pollution… was 91% higher during the winter months compared with the summer. This directly coincides with when we know many people use open fires and wood-burning stoves.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2569255...
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Wood smoke is very targetted pollution – next door neighbour could be getting >250µg/m³ PM2.5 indoors while someone a few doors down may not even smell smoke! Very easy to ignore until your neighbour starts burning. That’s why it needs to be considered by emissions per appliance, NOT local averages.
Why is air pollution from wood burning a social justice issue? 👇
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wood smoke is very targetted pollution – next door neighbour could be getting >250µg/m³ PM2.5 indoors while someone a few doors down may not even smell smoke! Very easy to ignore until your neighbour starts burning. That’s why it needs to be considered by emissions per appliance, NOT local averages.
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Air pollution can be a trigger for asthma, and long-term exposure can cause asthma and other lung conditions. We know that wood burning produces air pollution, so can we say that wood burning causes asthma? Read more here tinyurl.com/mutyfx76 #pollution
#airpollution
#asthma #woodsmoke
#airpollution
#asthma #woodsmoke
December 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Air pollution can be a trigger for asthma, and long-term exposure can cause asthma and other lung conditions. We know that wood burning produces air pollution, so can we say that wood burning causes asthma? Read more here tinyurl.com/mutyfx76 #pollution
#airpollution
#asthma #woodsmoke
#airpollution
#asthma #woodsmoke
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #AirPollution and cardiovascular disease onset: hours, days, or years?
Air pollution and cardiovascular disease onset: hours, days, or years?
Before the advent of exposure assessment tools for particles and component pollutants,
such as particulate matter (PM) or total suspended particles, investigators relied
on counting the number of exce...
www.thelancet.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #AirPollution and cardiovascular disease onset: hours, days, or years?
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Why should you care about #Diesel?
There are millions of diesel cars on our roads emitting suspiciously high levels of #AirPollution. The excess emissions produced over the last 15 years have caused an estimated 30,000 cases of asthma in children and 800,000 days of sick leave in the UK. More 👇 .
There are millions of diesel cars on our roads emitting suspiciously high levels of #AirPollution. The excess emissions produced over the last 15 years have caused an estimated 30,000 cases of asthma in children and 800,000 days of sick leave in the UK. More 👇 .
Ditch Diesel — Mums for Lungs
Our diesel campaign calls for commitments from all levels of government to phase out diesel by 2030, to protect the next generation from its devastating health impacts.
www.mumsforlungs.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Why should you care about #Diesel?
There are millions of diesel cars on our roads emitting suspiciously high levels of #AirPollution. The excess emissions produced over the last 15 years have caused an estimated 30,000 cases of asthma in children and 800,000 days of sick leave in the UK. More 👇 .
There are millions of diesel cars on our roads emitting suspiciously high levels of #AirPollution. The excess emissions produced over the last 15 years have caused an estimated 30,000 cases of asthma in children and 800,000 days of sick leave in the UK. More 👇 .
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Regulators and others often treat wood smoke pollution as a “nuisance” issue. But is it?
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Regulators and others often treat wood smoke pollution as a “nuisance” issue. But is it?
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This morning, we hosted our annual Peers’ Breakfast for members of the House of Lords. Our special advisors gave presentations on the health impacts of #airquality, #obesity and #tobacco, and what we can do to prevent harm.
🔔Learn more about our policy and campaigns work: ow.ly/30Qw50XGSfs
🔔Learn more about our policy and campaigns work: ow.ly/30Qw50XGSfs
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This morning, we hosted our annual Peers’ Breakfast for members of the House of Lords. Our special advisors gave presentations on the health impacts of #airquality, #obesity and #tobacco, and what we can do to prevent harm.
🔔Learn more about our policy and campaigns work: ow.ly/30Qw50XGSfs
🔔Learn more about our policy and campaigns work: ow.ly/30Qw50XGSfs
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Another case of the SIA marking its own homework @privateeyenews.bsky.social Why is this cronyism permitted? Defra has devastated AQ in SCAs with their "exempt" appliances.This event was the day before ASA ruled against SIA's misinformation @emmahardymp.bsky.social
airqualitynews.com/headlines/as...
airqualitynews.com/headlines/as...
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another case of the SIA marking its own homework @privateeyenews.bsky.social Why is this cronyism permitted? Defra has devastated AQ in SCAs with their "exempt" appliances.This event was the day before ASA ruled against SIA's misinformation @emmahardymp.bsky.social
airqualitynews.com/headlines/as...
airqualitynews.com/headlines/as...
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Eliminating tobacco smoking would be great, but all smoke is harmful. People with lung conditions had a few years where we could breathe easily in public places but now, because of “Ecodesign” stoves in SCAs, we are denied that basic human right, even in our own home.
www.dsawsp.org/secondhand-s...
www.dsawsp.org/secondhand-s...
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Eliminating tobacco smoking would be great, but all smoke is harmful. People with lung conditions had a few years where we could breathe easily in public places but now, because of “Ecodesign” stoves in SCAs, we are denied that basic human right, even in our own home.
www.dsawsp.org/secondhand-s...
www.dsawsp.org/secondhand-s...
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So now garbage burning is considered carbon neutral…?
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
Boom in burning waste for fuel puts human health and environment at risk
As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are increasingly turning to burning municipal waste to make fuel as a solution to bot...
news.mongabay.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
So now garbage burning is considered carbon neutral…?
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
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Burning wood damages our #Climate.
👍 Planting a new tree is great but...
👎 ...it takes decades of growth before that new tree is mature enough to absorb the carbon emitted from the one burnt last night.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
👍 Planting a new tree is great but...
👎 ...it takes decades of growth before that new tree is mature enough to absorb the carbon emitted from the one burnt last night.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
Wood Is Not a Carbon-Neutral Energy Source
Treating it as such – and supporting it with subsidies, as the UK and many other EU member states do – is a flawed path to climate action.
chathamhouse.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Burning wood damages our #Climate.
👍 Planting a new tree is great but...
👎 ...it takes decades of growth before that new tree is mature enough to absorb the carbon emitted from the one burnt last night.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
👍 Planting a new tree is great but...
👎 ...it takes decades of growth before that new tree is mature enough to absorb the carbon emitted from the one burnt last night.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
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Southern California has carried out its fourth No Burn Day of the 2025>2026 season. Can we do the same on high #AirPollution days, @london.gov.uk?
Southern California air officials ban wood, pellet and manufactured log burning through late Saturday
Burning wood, pellets or manufactured fire logs is prohibited "in any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device," and charcoal can only be used for cooking.
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Southern California has carried out its fourth No Burn Day of the 2025>2026 season. Can we do the same on high #AirPollution days, @london.gov.uk?
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73 years ago today, London's Great Smog began. We've come a very long way, but there's still work to be done to clean up our dirty air. #AirPollution #London
On This Date: London's Killer Smog
It became so dense, at times, that it was challenging for residents to find their way around at night, according to the U.K. Met Office. This stable configuration of relatively warmer air aloft toppi...
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
73 years ago today, London's Great Smog began. We've come a very long way, but there's still work to be done to clean up our dirty air. #AirPollution #London
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"Labelling appliances as 'cleaner' can unintentionally accelerate this trend by giving the impression that modern stoves are environmentally benign." - James Heydon.
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem
The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Labelling appliances as 'cleaner' can unintentionally accelerate this trend by giving the impression that modern stoves are environmentally benign." - James Heydon.
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
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“Modern ‘Defra-approved’ and ‘EcoDesign’ stoves… emit less visible smoke. But even under ideal operating conditions, they still emit significant levels of PM2.5…”
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Modern ‘Defra-approved’ and ‘EcoDesign’ stoves… emit less visible smoke. But even under ideal operating conditions, they still emit significant levels of PM2.5…”