Air Pollution

Reports

Bristol Clean Air Zone under fire as delays mean exemptions only lasting three months

The council has asked central government for an extension to the exemption period, amid residents' concerns about upcoming daily charges.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Features

Concerns remain about Bristol’s Clean Air Zone, six months before launch

Marta Campa

Reports

Bristol was one of five areas with illegal air pollution in 2020

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Fight For Fair Air

Cutting Bristol’s air pollution could help citizens’ mental as well as physical health

Evidence increasingly suggests that traffic pollutants can adversely affect the brain, impact cognitive function, and increase the risk of mental health problems. Bristol’s Clean Air Zone cannot come too soon.

Joanne Newbury
Joanne Newbury

Reports

Bristol Clean Air Zone approved for summer 2022, nearly a year later than planned

Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

Greens and Labour are close in Windmill Hill, where climate, air pollution and housing are key concerns for locals

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Features

Will Bristol’s new clean air zone influence city centre voters at the polls?

Central ward was a close race between Labour and the Greens in 2016, with a low turnout and just seven votes in it.

Matty Edwards Priyanka Raval
Matty Edwards and Priyanka Raval

Local Elections 2021

‘If everything worked you could get rid of cars’: Travel is the election issue in Bishopston and Ashley Down

Bishopston and Ashley Down is currently split between the Green Party and Labour. The Greens want a Residents’ Parking Zone, while Labour are pushing for low-traffic neighbourhoods. These stances on cars, pollution and transport may swing the vote.

Jess Connett
Jess Connett

Local Elections 2021

In Southville, a U-turn on parking problems is shaking up the local election race

Residents in streets not covered by a residents’ parking zone have been campaigning without success to get it extended. Days before the election, Labour candidates are promising action from the council.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Local Elections 2021

‘The new Bristol and WECA mayors will need to move fast to clean up Bristol’s air’

The need for steps to be taken on our dangerously polluted air is clear, but change is slow to come, writes clean air campaigner Katrina Billings.

Katrina Billings

Interviews

The campaigners creating an environmental movement with social justice at its core

Air pollution disproportionately affects ethnic minorities and deprived communities, yet environmental movements tend to be predominantly white and middle class. We sit down with Olivia Sweeney, Black and Green ambassador, to ask what is being done about this in the city, and what are her hopes f...

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Bristol will be charging drivers to tackle air pollution, but other changes are on the way too

Bristol's Clean Air Zone has finally been decided. We spoke to cabinet member for transport, Kye Dudd, speaks about air pollution, plans for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, and doubling down on measures brought in at the start of the pandemic.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards and Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)
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