Clean Air Liverpool was a citizen air quality campaign (May 2023)

It is estimated that long-term exposure to man-made air pollution in the UK has an annual effect equivalent to 28,000 to 36,000 deaths

— Public Health England

In 2023 I led a campaign called Clean Air Liverpool. We helped residents to ask councillor candidates about air pollution ahead of the May local elections.

In 2022 I stumbled across a fantastic little website called addresspollution.org

It allowed you to enter your postcode and find a personalised air pollution report for your address.

I loved the way seeing your own home made it so real and caused an emotional trigger.

Liverpool ❤️ cars

Liverpool is a city that’s in love with cars. We have a serious air pollution problem, with the entire city centre being designated a Air Quality Management Area (AQMA).

Around this time the council had abandoned plans for a congestion charge. It felt like they were giving up and ignoring the problem. Their plans for tackling air pollution appeared utterly ineffective and lacking courage.

Knowing that there was a big location election coming up, I wondered if I could use addresspollution.org to put air pollution back on the local political agenda.

Full write-up to follow…