Jemima Vivien
@jemimavivien.bsky.social
Here privately but also founder/director @mumsforlungs. Mum. Committed to a better world for the next generation.
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"Council should not be raising revnue" from school streets. May I remind the editor of our local newspaper that the only reason they are is because drivers choose to ignore the restrictions that were put in place to PROTETCT CHILDREN from getting hurt or killed outside their schools.
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"Council should not be raising revnue" from school streets. May I remind the editor of our local newspaper that the only reason they are is because drivers choose to ignore the restrictions that were put in place to PROTETCT CHILDREN from getting hurt or killed outside their schools.
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This is a good read, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social.
Mindfulness is booming, even as the air we breathe is toxic. Very glad to see action on #WoodBurning & #Idling at the top of your list!
"No amount of calm awareness can offset air that is quietly damaging our #Health".
Mindfulness is booming, even as the air we breathe is toxic. Very glad to see action on #WoodBurning & #Idling at the top of your list!
"No amount of calm awareness can offset air that is quietly damaging our #Health".
Air pollution kills thousands a year in the UK and abroad – why isn’t there a bigger uproar? | Devi Sridhar
Initiatives such as London’s ULEZ can be a model for other cities. But even more could be done to save lives and protect us from deadly toxins in the air, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global publi...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is a good read, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social.
Mindfulness is booming, even as the air we breathe is toxic. Very glad to see action on #WoodBurning & #Idling at the top of your list!
"No amount of calm awareness can offset air that is quietly damaging our #Health".
Mindfulness is booming, even as the air we breathe is toxic. Very glad to see action on #WoodBurning & #Idling at the top of your list!
"No amount of calm awareness can offset air that is quietly damaging our #Health".
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DEFRA has just published a consultation on solid fuel burning. We're happy to see a long-term campaign ask addressed - warning labels on stoves. However, the proposals will only impact future emissions; they will do nothing to help all those affected by existing burning. #CleanAirNight #WoodBurning
New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan
Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 9%
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
DEFRA has just published a consultation on solid fuel burning. We're happy to see a long-term campaign ask addressed - warning labels on stoves. However, the proposals will only impact future emissions; they will do nothing to help all those affected by existing burning. #CleanAirNight #WoodBurning
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59 hours, 43 minutes and 18 seconds! What an incredible achievement - congratulations Alice. We hope you enjoyed a LONG sleep after smashing the Spine Challenger North yesterday! 💪 🥳
The amazing Dr Alice Willson is taking part in the Spine Challenger North, raising funds for us, @thegreenrunners.bsky.social & Oldham Foodbank. Alice is currently on the Pennine Way - go Alice!
Track the route: live.opentracking.co.uk/spinechallno...
Donate: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Track the route: live.opentracking.co.uk/spinechallno...
Donate: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
January 15, 2026 at 8:39 AM
59 hours, 43 minutes and 18 seconds! What an incredible achievement - congratulations Alice. We hope you enjoyed a LONG sleep after smashing the Spine Challenger North yesterday! 💪 🥳
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Breaking news | @mayoroflondon.bsky.social reveals that 39 locations in 17 London boroughs reported exceedances of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual limit value of 40 ug/m3 in 2024 << Meanwhile Defra claims full compliance. WHO=10 www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/g... and data.london.gov.uk/dataset/air-...
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Breaking news | @mayoroflondon.bsky.social reveals that 39 locations in 17 London boroughs reported exceedances of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual limit value of 40 ug/m3 in 2024 << Meanwhile Defra claims full compliance. WHO=10 www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/g... and data.london.gov.uk/dataset/air-...
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NEW: We’re delighted that our founder @jemimavivien.bsky.social & @nateaston.bsky.social's pitch to the @commonseac.parliament.uk for an #AirPollution inquiry has been accepted! Thanks for all the hard work from so many on this - a fantastic end to the year! committees.parliament.uk/publications...
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NEW: We’re delighted that our founder @jemimavivien.bsky.social & @nateaston.bsky.social's pitch to the @commonseac.parliament.uk for an #AirPollution inquiry has been accepted! Thanks for all the hard work from so many on this - a fantastic end to the year! committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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We’ve been urging the government to commit to stronger targets for years, so we're pleased that the government has finally listened.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We’ve been urging the government to commit to stronger targets for years, so we're pleased that the government has finally listened.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
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NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Funding for air pollution cut 99%, campaigners raise alarm
Mums for Lungs warned the cuts will significantly delay efforts to reduce emissions to levels recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). New research from the parent campaign group shows fund...
airqualitynews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
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Lambeth Council's #AirQuality Action Plan consultation ends tomorrow. The plan contains many good actions, but ambition needs to increase. #Lambeth should be working towards achieving the WHO interim #AirPollution standards by 2030. Respond by tomorrow:
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lambeth Council's #AirQuality Action Plan consultation ends tomorrow. The plan contains many good actions, but ambition needs to increase. #Lambeth should be working towards achieving the WHO interim #AirPollution standards by 2030. Respond by tomorrow:
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
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If I didn’t want the likes of Tommy Robinson applauding my immigration plans, I would simply not divise a policy that appealed to the far-right
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If I didn’t want the likes of Tommy Robinson applauding my immigration plans, I would simply not divise a policy that appealed to the far-right
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
I'm part of that majority! @heidialexander.bsky.social get the toxic dieselgate cars off our roads, please. They are poisoning our kids and have done that for a decade already! #dieselgate #toxic
69% of adults find it unacceptable that there may still be cars in the UK with #Dieselgate emissions defeat technology fitted.
A decade on, we're still breathing the emissions from these cars. "Where illegal activity is shown, the government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers."
A decade on, we're still breathing the emissions from these cars. "Where illegal activity is shown, the government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers."
Public do not trust car manufacturers as new Dieselgate case begins in High Court | ClientEarth
New polling shows the British public want accountability.
www.clientearth.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm part of that majority! @heidialexander.bsky.social get the toxic dieselgate cars off our roads, please. They are poisoning our kids and have done that for a decade already! #dieselgate #toxic
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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A DEFRA report suggests London is now finally compliant with UK legal #AirPollution limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
DEFRA reports that last year, London complied with the UK’s annual average legal limit of 40ug/m3 for NO2, 15 years after it should have.
uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annu...
DEFRA reports that last year, London complied with the UK’s annual average legal limit of 40ug/m3 for NO2, 15 years after it should have.
uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annu...
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A DEFRA report suggests London is now finally compliant with UK legal #AirPollution limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
DEFRA reports that last year, London complied with the UK’s annual average legal limit of 40ug/m3 for NO2, 15 years after it should have.
uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annu...
DEFRA reports that last year, London complied with the UK’s annual average legal limit of 40ug/m3 for NO2, 15 years after it should have.
uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annu...
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The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president
Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president
Sadiq Khan has branded Donald Trump "racist, sexist, misogynistic" and "Islamophobic" following the US president's latest attack on London.
news.sky.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
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The Court found that even if car manufacturers had persuaded the Court of its confidentiality, public interest would be
"squarely in favour" of allowing public access to the unredacted documents because of what appeared to be "credible allegations of serious misconduct" faced by the
manufacturers.
"squarely in favour" of allowing public access to the unredacted documents because of what appeared to be "credible allegations of serious misconduct" faced by the
manufacturers.
July 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Court found that even if car manufacturers had persuaded the Court of its confidentiality, public interest would be
"squarely in favour" of allowing public access to the unredacted documents because of what appeared to be "credible allegations of serious misconduct" faced by the
manufacturers.
"squarely in favour" of allowing public access to the unredacted documents because of what appeared to be "credible allegations of serious misconduct" faced by the
manufacturers.
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BREAKING: We won! 💪 🙌
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
Judge rules car makers must release Dieselgate documents
The High Court has today ruled that unredacted legal documents in the £6 billion ‘Dieselgate’ litigation against several major car manufacturers must be made public. Environmental campaign groups Mum...
airqualitynews.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
BREAKING: We won! 💪 🙌
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
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Talking on a mobile phone while driving, even hands-free, gives you similar reaction times as a drunk driver.
So it seems quite insane to take it one step further and integrate Microsoft Teams video calling into a car's in-built system.
www.theverge.com/news/708481/...
So it seems quite insane to take it one step further and integrate Microsoft Teams video calling into a car's in-built system.
www.theverge.com/news/708481/...
Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving
The all-new CLA gets this first
www.theverge.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Talking on a mobile phone while driving, even hands-free, gives you similar reaction times as a drunk driver.
So it seems quite insane to take it one step further and integrate Microsoft Teams video calling into a car's in-built system.
www.theverge.com/news/708481/...
So it seems quite insane to take it one step further and integrate Microsoft Teams video calling into a car's in-built system.
www.theverge.com/news/708481/...
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Worrying to read about this new study into #WoodBurning. #Ecodesign stoves produce high levels of ultrafine particles. Manufactured fuels eg wood briquettes/smokeless coal emit more pollution than seasoned or kiln-dried wood, despite being marketed as cleaner alternatives. #AirPollution
New study calls for more public awareness on wood burning
A new study by the University of Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) has challenged the assumption that manufactured fuels are the cleanest choice for use in domestic stoves. The…
airqualitynews.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Worrying to read about this new study into #WoodBurning. #Ecodesign stoves produce high levels of ultrafine particles. Manufactured fuels eg wood briquettes/smokeless coal emit more pollution than seasoned or kiln-dried wood, despite being marketed as cleaner alternatives. #AirPollution
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That £130bn could have been spent on public transport, cycle routes etc. This has to stop
How do you define temporary? Minister says it is up to Rachel Reeves, so could it be 15 years or more?
July 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
That £130bn could have been spent on public transport, cycle routes etc. This has to stop
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Official #CodeRed | @emmahardymp.bsky.social issued national #PollutionAlert (1-hr ozone>180ug/m3) as @sianberry.bsky.social rose to present #CleanAir (Human Rights) Bill #EllasLaw in @ukparliament.parliament.uk YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT UP! uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/perio... ps more possible today...
July 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Official #CodeRed | @emmahardymp.bsky.social issued national #PollutionAlert (1-hr ozone>180ug/m3) as @sianberry.bsky.social rose to present #CleanAir (Human Rights) Bill #EllasLaw in @ukparliament.parliament.uk YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT UP! uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/perio... ps more possible today...
If you only do read one thing today, let it be this: the best explanation on why our voting system needs to be changed ASAP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward
Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If you only do read one thing today, let it be this: the best explanation on why our voting system needs to be changed ASAP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
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Air pollution must be recognised as a public health issue.
Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution.
The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk.
🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr
#CleanAirDay
Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution.
The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk.
🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr
#CleanAirDay
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Air pollution must be recognised as a public health issue.
Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution.
The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk.
🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr
#CleanAirDay
Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution.
The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk.
🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr
#CleanAirDay
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#CodeOrange | Serious ozone #AirPollution episode across England, Wales and Scotland on Thursday 12 June 2025. Cloud, breeze and/or brief rain could bring relief by Friday uk-air.defra.gov.uk
June 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
#CodeOrange | Serious ozone #AirPollution episode across England, Wales and Scotland on Thursday 12 June 2025. Cloud, breeze and/or brief rain could bring relief by Friday uk-air.defra.gov.uk