Pyre alarm – toxic materials can cause damage to lungs, writes ShaunaReports
Hiding the toxic stuff inside a ring of wood pallets before you set a bonfire alight doesn’t lessen the impact on little lungs.
That’s a staggering number - so we really should be doing everything we can to reduce the toxins emitted into the air. The Northern Ireland Environment Agency tells me that while it plays “an important role in the multi-agency management of any serious environmental risks and harms surrounding bonfires, it is not responsible for bonfires”.
‘Flatlining’ on climate crisis Climate committee chair Lord Deben told the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee earlier this week we are “flatlining” on climate change.The Conservative peer was calling out his party colleagues in government about just how far the UK is falling behind on climate adaptations since they took power.
Global Justice Now hit also out at PM Rishi Sunak this week, saying he will ‘pour fuel on the fire’ of climate crisis if the UK’s £11.6bn climate finance pledge is dropped. “The government could meet this pledge many times over if it was strong enough to make these polluters pay.
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