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Study links EVs with real-world reductions in air pollution and respiratory disease

Charged

Electric vehicles produce far lower greenhouse gas emissions over their lifecycles than legacy vehicles, and this fact has been demonstrated by dozens of studies over the past decade (regardless of what you might read on Facebook). EVs are also expected to deliver benefits in terms of human health, but this has not been extensively studied.

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Covid-19 risk greater in urban centres affected by air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

People living in polluted cities are more at risk from Covid-19, according to health experts cited in a 16 March report from the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), an advocacy group. Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the problem greatest in cities, according to the EEA.

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UK Government Launches Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Green , and James Bee On 17 January 2024, the government launched the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy (the strategy), which aims to safeguard UK supplies of goods including medicine, minerals, and semiconductors. Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor developments in this area.

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Campaigners Warn of Loopholes in Laws to Curb Antibiotics on UK Farms After ‘Biased’ Industry Consultation

DeSmogBlog

The government published the draft legislation, designed to replace European Union rules post-Brexit, following consultations with pharmaceutical, veterinary medicine and farming lobby groups, according to Freedom of Information requests filed by DeSmog. Civil society groups were not invited. Rates of antibiotic use are 2.5

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AstraZeneca advances plan for climate-friendly inhalers

Business Green

per cent less Global Warming Potential (GWP) than propellants currently used in respiratory medicines. AstraZeneca said it now expects Breztri to be its first medicine to transition to the new near-zero climate impact inhaler, subject to regulatory approval.

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Creative Oxygen Labs Develops a Revolutionary Clean Air Solution For Coating Walls

Green Business Bureau

The ethos was to design and develop a solution that would catch and kill pollutants, bacteria, and viruses before they entered our body “ – Chris Shahabi , founder of Creative Oxygen Labs , investor, and clean energy advocate. Using innovative thinking to solve a global health crisis.

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AstraZeneca promises to get to net zero 10 years ahead of schedule

Business Green

The move will see AstraZeneca accelerate its plans to cut carbon, with the firm promising yesterday to double energy productivity, use 100 per cent renewable energy, and reduce total energy consumption by 10 per cent from a 2015 base, all by 2025.