Cleaner Air Campaign priority: DON'T LET NEWCASTLE BE BACK OF THE QUEUE FOR E-BUSES The North East mayoral area is promised 100% zero emission buses by 2035. But it looks likely that Newcastle will be stuck with dirty older diesel buses for longer than neighbouring areas - despite the city's residents suffering health harms from far worse air quality than many parts of the region and the UK. Our research over the past six months has dug deeper into why this may be happening, why it matters...

Campaigners have welcomed new restrictions on Northumberland's biomass power plant, and renewed their commitment to bring to an end UK subsidies to our country's two biggest carbon emitters: Drax and Lynemouth biomass power plants. One year after the Government announced a new agreement for Drax, protracted negotiations with Lynemouth have resulted in new tougher controls and reduced subsidies. The details of the Government announcement are here , and include: reduced subsidy commitments,...

Within the first days after the launch of our 2026 campaign on woodstoves, we began to receive overwhelming evidence why change is needed. One in 12 homes have installed them - but the pictures here of unused stoves capture the regret of householders who've stopped using them, when they realise the health harms putting them, their loved ones and their neighbours at risk. Already, we've a chance to tackle this. The Government has announced tighter rules - its consultation ended in March and...