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Council to lease three electric vehicles to staff after receiving grant money under OLEV scheme
Horsham council chiefs are to provide electric pool vehicles in a bid to improve air quality and drive down carbon emissions in the district.
The initiative has been made possible through funding awarded by the Government’s Office for Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV)....

Study published in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine journal establishes link between air pollution and stillbirth
Exposure to air pollution leads to a heightened risk of stillbirth among expectant mothers, scientists have claimed.
Research published in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine yesterday (24 May) suggested that a 4 μg/m3 increase in exposure to particulate matter – PM 2.5 – during pregnancy can be associated with an increased risk of stillbirth....

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Catherine Bearder MEP wins award for championing air quality
The UK’s only Lib Dem MEP, Catherine Bearder, has won the Green Ribbon Political Award recognising her “outstanding environmental achievements” including work on tackling air pollution....

Scottish local authority aims to build ‘Europe’s largest fleet of hydrogen dual-fuel vehicles’
Fife council has taken delivery of two dual-fuelled hydrogen and diesel powered refuse collection vehicles, in what is being touted as a first of its kind scheme anywhere in the world....