What We Do
Air Quality
Birmingham has some of the worst air pollution in the UK. We campaign for cleaner air, safer streets and transport policies that put people before cars.
Latest on Air Quality
Tell Solihull MBC NO to more flights!
Birmingham Airport has submitted a planning application (PL/2024/01917/M106) which seeks to make changes to the Night Time Flying policy. We [...]
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Campaign success
A petition and campaign by BFOE, working with local residents, in 2019-20 saw off a scheme to widen the Moseley [...]
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How does air pollution affect health?
Air pollution adversely impacts people’s health; the risk of developing diseases increases due to exposure to air pollution, such as [...]
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Widening of Moseley Road – cancelled
Hundreds of signatures were gathered by Birmingham Friends of the Earth and local people on a petition in 2019 against [...]
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Air pollution in the UK
Hello. I’ll start this article with a definition: air pollution is caused when particulates, chemicals and biological materials are introduced [...]
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#BFOEFiveActions
Great Big Green Week is 18th – 26th September and in the weeks running up to it we’re asking people [...]
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Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone
Next month, on the 1st June Birmingham’s Category D Clean Air Zone (CAZ) comes into force. This means that from [...]
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BFoE volunteer Sanjive appeared on Birmingham Local TV to talk about climate change.
On Tuesday 16 March, BFoE volunteer Sanjive appeared on Birmingham Local TV to talk about the importance of taking urgent [...]
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