In an article by Lucie Heath, published on 1 April, 2025, it was reported that more than 23,000 schools have been identified in areas with high levels of toxic air pollution The following is the summary of her report. More than nine in 10 neighbourhoods in England and Wales have unsafe levels of air pollution, […]
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Councils are beginning to take notice of poor air quality in the region and develop a plan to improve the quality of the air where it matters. Residents of Warwick District Council (WDC)are being asked for their views on improving air quality in the district. It has launched a consultation on its draft Air Quality
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A report by Rosie Frost, African News, on 26th February 2025 outlined the findings of recent research into indoor air quality. It stated that we are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution inside our own home even when outdoor air quality is good. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK measured
Poor air quality has been strongly linked with many health issues and illnesses including asthma, cancer and autoimmune diseases. This paper uses mixed-methods approach to investigate the pollution levels that school students is currently subjected to and the potential increase in air pollution if the introduction of quarrying activities is introduced and the related increase
Date: 2 June 2023 at 9:15am – 4pm UK time Venue: Coventry University in the Frank Whittle Building, Room EC1-29 – Location Map, and Public Car Parks and Travelling to Coventry Conference Programme – Click here to view the conference programme. Press Release – Click here to view the conference press release. Main Conference ObjectivesTo
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Dust from quarry sites is a major source of air pollution, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the ambient air, the size of the dust particles and their chemistry, for example limestone quarries produce highly alkaline (and reactive) dusts, whereas coal mines produce acidic dust.
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On the IMechE 175th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, 24 November 2022, at Library of Birmingham, C4FF and IMechE presented the certificates to climate change school competition winners – Miriam and Anisa by the IMechE New, President Mr Phil Peel.
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To coincide with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) held in Glasgow in November last year and the launch of the 175th anniversary year for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), The Midland Region of the IMechE, together with the Centre for Factories of the Future (C4FF), organised an air quality / climate
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Energy cannot be produced or destroyed but can be transformed from one form into another. Higher temperatures have negative effects and the higher CO2 emissions the higher the atmosphere’s temperature. We need to bring CO2 emissions to Zero if the global atmospheric temperature is to remain unchanged. We have two choices, either stick to transport
Climate Action Article Niloo Chantel Bitarafan Sponsored by Factories of the Future (C4FF) on behalf of Coventry and Warwickshire Air Quality People’s Chamber (CW- AQPC) 15th of August 2021 Did you know that the average person worldwide is responsible for 5 tons of CO2 emissions annually? Did you know that our planet Earth is dying?
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