by Admin | May 15, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Events, Transport
On 6 April at Birmingham Council House we jointly hosted a Metro Mayor hustings with campaign group Rail Future who are an independent organisations campaigning for better rail services for both passengers and freight. The main candidates competing for election...
by Libby Harris | Apr 27, 2017 | Air Quality, News
24 April 2017, Dear West Midlands mayoral candidates Air pollution is affecting the health of people right here in the West Midlands, from the womb to old age. It also affects the youngest, the oldest and the poorest most. It is linked to premature births and stunted...
by Shaz Rahman | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog, Let's Get Moving, Transport, Uncategorised
In 2013 and 2014 BFOE ran a campaign called Let’s Get Moving. This campaign was ahead of the curve by detailing how air pollution was damaging our lives. A significant proportion of this pollution was from motor vehicles. At the time 420 people a year died...
by Poppy Buckingham | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Divest WMPF
Birmingham Friends of the Earth are supporting a campaign to get the West Midlands Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels. This got us thinking about how individuals divest. There are a number of organisations and websites with information about how to divest...
by Elin Stroem | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change
It is safe to say that November 2016 left us with many emotions. It might go down in climate change history as the starting point of either disaster or success. It was a month that held climate talks, when The Paris Agreement went into force, UK ratified the agreement...
by Jana Eckel | Feb 20, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog
Paying attention to air pollution is now more important than ever. It contributes to around 40,000 premature deaths in the UK every year and the health implications cost the UK up to £ 17 billion a year, equating to £283 million a year for Birmingham. The problem...
