Lorna Stephenson

Reports

Residents slam ‘serious flaw’ in planning process in campaign to save threatened trees

Crucial questions remain unanswered in the ongoing fight to protect M32 Maples, including who owns the trees.

Burning waste – green energy or just hot air?

After delays, council releases plan to clean up toxic air

Fight For Fair Air

‘If the water was killing hundreds of people every year, there would be an outcry’

Air pollution scientist Dr Gary Fuller on congestion charging, changing the conversation, and how we can protect ourselves.

Voices

‘Children are being deprived of feeling part of their city’

Fight For Fair Air

Government piles pressure on mayor over dirty air

Lawyers are threatening action over council’s “seriously flawed” clean air plans

Environmental lawyers say timescales to tackle illegal pollution are unacceptable

Extinction Rebellion may have dominated the headlines – but controversial debates are afoot in City Hall too

A round up of climate change news from Bristol you may have missed this week.

Farming’s devastating impact on urban air pollution

Ammonia – one of the major sources of pollution is unregulated and unmonitored by the government.

Campaigners dial up pressure on Mayor in day of clean air protests

  Rees promises action but little in the way of detail and timeline

Clean Air Plan: two options, no answers

Council finally outlines two clean air plan proposals, but fails to produce analysis to back up its chosen options.

Controversial gas power station refused at development committee

Conrad Energy may now appeal the decision for the hugely unpopular plans for St Philip’s Marsh gas power plant.