Pollution
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Ban wood-burning stoves? Not in my back flue!
Deborah OrrSadiq Khan says he wants to address London’s polluted air. Has he not considered the effect on our hygge, asks Guardian columnist Deborah Orr -
Focus of London mayor’s proposed ban will be on educating owners not to burn wood during bad air quality episodes
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Sadiq Khan wants to reduce air pollution – and one of the worst offenders is the wood-fired stove. But is there any other use for your Scandi-inspired heater?
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Mercury is found in household items from beauty products to electronics, and even in food. Without proper safeguards our health is in danger
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London mayor cites figures showing that the home stoves, used in 16% of households, produce up to a third of all the capital’s fine-particle pollution
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Capital is given emergency warning as polluted air from the continent combines with toxic air at home
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British inventor, whose company has been working on vehicle since 2015, says it will launch in 2020
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The pub chain’s decision to do away with straws is expected to stop 70m of them ending up in landfill or the sea every year. Here are some other plastics we perhaps could do without
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Discovery by UK scientists prompts fear that melting ice will allow more plastic to be released into the central Arctic Ocean – with huge effects on wildlife
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