CAMPAIGN UPDATE: 1 January 2011

The most-read stories of 2010

A look back at the campaign letters and updates that proved the most popular of the year.

January

Mayor’s Transport Strategy is not yet ‘fit for purpose’. Clean Air in London calls for WEZ to remain and Phase 3 of LEZ to go ahead unless air quality impacts are fully offset

February

Government tells ‘Clean Air in London’ ‘there has not been a cover-up’ on air quality premature deaths

March

Air quality: fairer and more ambitious CO2 Charge needed

April

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee unearths over a decade of government failings or ‘cover-ups’ over air quality premature deaths

May

‘Clean Air in London’ wins at Information Tribunal after Government Counsel admits Tribunal’s ruling means ‘it does not have much of an appeal left’

June

Removing western extension of congestion charging zone is ‘daftest’ of Mayor’s ‘daft’ transport policies

July

Mayor Johnson publishes health study with breakdown by ward across London of his estimate of 4,267 premature deaths in 2008 attributable to long-term exposure to dangerous airborne particles

August

Campaign for Better Transport, Clean Air in London, ClientEarth, Environmental Protection UK and Friends of the Earth condemn Mayor of London’s proposal to remove the western extension of the congestion charging zone and argue consultation is invalid

September

Mayor Johnson draft Air Quality Strategy is still not ‘fit for purpose’

October

‘Bad Air Day (B.A.D.) for particles’ as PM10 daily limit value is first breached in London in 2010 as ‘Clean Air in London’ rejects Mayor proposal to postpone Phase 3 of low emission zone (LEZ3) until 3 January 2012

November

‘Clean Air in London’ welcomes first official confirmation that calculations suggesting as many as 35,000 to 50,000 premature deaths per year can be attributed to long-term exposure to fine particles are correct

December

An introduction to poor air quality in London