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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Just missing a wood burner for full on climate change denial… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Christopher Harry on a summer of devastating wildfires – cartoon
Entire ecosystems have been ‘decimated’ and endangered species put at risk after one of the worst wildfire seasons on record in the UK, according to charities
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The hidden cost of #woodstove #woodburning causing #airpollution and damage to #health... gumlet.tv/watch/6a54de...
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Do you know the hidden cost of wood burning?
ResearcherDrMathySannasiandgrassrootsairpollutioncampaigngroupMumsforLungshavecreatedthisshortanimationonwhathappenswhenwoodorsolidfuelisburntinastoveoropenfireplace.Beforeyoustartburningorconsiderins...
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Nick B @nrbrook.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@unitesharon.bsky.social very disappointing. I usually like what you have to say, but opposing a rapid move to net zero - esp during a record heatwave! - is the wrong thing for workers, and the wrong side of history. Clean energy is bringing good, well paid jobs! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The grim reality of the current heat wave is the this is not the hottest it’s going to get. It will get hotter every year until we sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere once we’ve got beyond net zero. Think long and hard about how you vote. #stopburningstuff
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Kirklees Air Quality Action Plan Consultation 2026 online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/62...
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Starting survey...
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Chronic Illness Channel @chronicchannel.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Stove Industry and it's members misleading the public again! #CleanAir #WoodBurning #Pollution medium.com/@ChronicIlln...
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The Stove Industry Association and it’s members are misleading the public….again!
“Wood burning emissions continue to fall.” is a total lie from HETAS.
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
#Dewsbury #huddersfield #wood #stove #burning. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds
Research in Wales found that home, not outdoor travel, was largest contributor to children’s daily exposure
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 31/01/2026
We hope they do more than just turn Norwich into another ineffective Smoke Control Area.
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Save the date for #CleanAirNight! To find out more visit cleanairhub.org.uk
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Isn't it fantastic to be a sovereign nation once again, able to make our own rules and not bend to the demands of foreign politicians?
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James Allan @jamesallanatmos.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
If there's one point that needs hammering home, it's that there's no such thing as 'clean' combustion. You can have 'cleaner', but that always needs to be qualified.
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Cleanair2breathe (AirFairy04) @cleanair2breathe.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
"This campaign isn't about scaremongering, it's about delivering a message, there are clear & proven health risks associated with using fireplaces & woodburners- for those using them,their families & their neighbours" #AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health www.theargus.co.uk/news/2569255...
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Senior councillor defends campaign to stop people using log burners in Brighton
From running adult social care, to fixing potholes and repairing roads, authorities like Brighton and Hove City Council are responsible for a lot of…
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Great news for the environment and those who care how well and what they breathe. #woodburner #stove #pollution #environment #cleanair #health #nhs www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Wood-burning stoves to face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
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Death Stove Industry @deathstoveindustry.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
#WoodBurningStoves 5 quick facts about Wood Smoke Pollution. See more facts from Doctors and Scientists Against Woodsmoke Pollution here: www.dsawsp.org/resources/wo...
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
#StopBurningStuff, it’s as simple as that. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned
ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Simon Birkett of @cleanairlondon.bsky.social urges the Mayor of London to commit to the WHO's interim target for nitrogen dioxide #AirPollution in London. @london.gov.uk's third Mayoral term must not be "a ‘victory lap’ for your remarkable #CleanAir achievements in the first two terms".
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CAL calls on Mayor to comply with WHO's ‘interim target’ for NO2 of 20 ug/m3 by 2030 - Clean Air in London
Full compliance with WHO’s ‘interim target’ for NO2 of 20 ug/m3 by 1 January 2030 Dear Sir Sadiq I am writing on behalf of Clean Air in London (CAL) to you as Mayor of London.  You are also Co-Chair o...
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
We all want to live in a healthy, clean, thriving community. This new tool from @friends-earth.bsky.social gives people the power to hold their MPs accountable for the environmental challenges in their constituency. Get started here: groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you #AirPollution #Climate
Two text boxes overlaid on an image of a landscape. The text says:
There's never been a more critical time to understand the challenges local communities face. Access a range of data bespoke to your constituency or local authority and use it to help drive positive change.

Are you ready to find out more about your neighbourhood?
Enter a city or postcode
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.' We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them. Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse. Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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Prof Mark Maslin @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – see our new study UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion theconversation.com/wind-power-h...
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Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – new study
Wind power offers a large financial benefit to UK consumers.
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
www.warrington.gov.uk/news/think-y...
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Think before you burn | warrington.gov.uk
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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urbanhealth.org.uk
Wood burning is more expensive than central heating
There’s a perception that burning wood is a cheaper way to heat a home. New research we’ve supported by Global Action Plan shows not only is that not true, but there are significant hidden costs to bu...
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
@robsongreen.bsky.social following the piece on the One Promotion Show yesterday I was interested to watch Hadrian’s Wall, the first episode in your new series. After 30 mins searching and subscribing, all I could find was ‘Not available in your country’. Is this just me?
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Polluters need to pay. Taxing log sales to fund the NHS is overdue…. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Keen to maintain long term physical fitness with good lung function? Don’t burn wood #airpollution #woodstove #woodburner www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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Indoor wood burners linked to a decline in lung function
Using a wood or coal burning stove or open fire at home may lead to a decline in lung function, suggests a new analysis from UCL researchers.
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Not just in Sheffield, now the evenings are getting cooler, there’s a stench in most rural areas in Kirklees…
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘I kept asking: “Why? What did I do?”’ How come so many young, fit, non-smoking women are getting lung cancer?
For decades, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of older men who smoked. Now, cases among young women are on the rise and doctors are baffled. Could air pollution be behind it?
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Cleanair2breathe (AirFairy04) @cleanair2breathe.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Angus Council stove ban fuels log burner debate #AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health #Environment www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5330...
thecourier.co.uk
Angus Council stove ban fuels log burner debate
Angus housing committee's decision to ban woodburners in council homes in all but exceptional circumstances has now been hailed by a health campaign group.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 14/09/2025
Good to see the message spreading: “Evidence shows that wood-burning heaters contribute to pollution and exacerbate health problems, but many people are unaware of the dangers.”
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Experts issue warning over shocking health hazards caused by fireplaces: 'Like having a truck idling in your living room'
Australian experts are sounding the alarm on the dangerous health and environmental effects of wood-burning heaters.
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“The most direct implication is that clean air policies are brain health policies.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#stopburningstuff www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... “…warmer until we start reducing emissions…”
bbc.co.uk
Moorland Fires Continue To Burn In North Yorkshire
Firefighters & farmers are battling wildfires threatening thousands of acres on the Yorkshire moors. Meanwhile scientists say climate change is causing more wildfires across Europe
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Research is one of the UK"s greatest strengths. Great to see us returning from the isolation of the post-Brexit backwaters but really this should never have happened. We have years of lost science and years of lost recruitment of the best minds to make up. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
theguardian.com
UK recovers position in EU’s Horizon Europe science research programme
Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after UK rejoined programme as associate member post-Brexit
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
100%. Many politicians obsess with “growth”, but growth of what? “The economy” they might retort - but what part of the economy? GDP is an appalling measure. It rewards many destructive dynamics alongside good dynamics- and with politicians hellbent on increasing it by any means - we’re screwed.
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Stop moaning everyone! “We’ve seen nothing compared to what’s coming down the road!” (RH). It will be warmer every year until sometime after 2050 unless we do more to reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere. #stopburningstuff www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
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Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax
Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently de...
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Air pollution linked to dementia - ‘…positive and statistically-significant association between three types of air pollutant and dementia. The pollutants were: PM2.5, which comes from vehicle emissions, power plants and woodburning stoves and fireplaces…’. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists
Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stoves
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Our letter to @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social @emmahardymp.bsky.social & others, asking them to rethink allowing #WoodBurning stoves in new builds. Thanks to the many others who co-signed, and to @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social, Prof Jill Belch & Prof Sir Stephen Holgate for adding their voices.
A letter to government reacting to the news that wood burning stoves will be allowed as secondary heating in new build homes. We explain that wood burning is not carbon neutral and has no place in the Future Homes and Buildings Standards. A letter to government reacting to the news that wood burning stoves will be allowed as secondary heating in new build homes. We explain that wood burning is not carbon neutral and has no place in the Future Homes and Buildings Standards.
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
@kirkleescouncil.bsky.social
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
www.communitiesagainstwoodsmoke.com
communitiesagainstwoodsmoke.com
Communities Against Woodsmoke - Fighting for Clean Air and Healthier Lives
Discover how wood burning harms our health and our environment – and what you can do about it
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
There’s no escaping this caveman activity… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Map reveals residential wood-burning hotspots in England and Wales
Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
To all the people saying, "it's cheaper", no it isn't, unless you have your own supply. Which is one reason why wood burning is predominantly done by wealthy or middle class people, poisoning themselves and poisoning others. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wood burners more costly for heating than gas boilers, study finds
Charity says research dispels myth that wood burning, which has health risks, is a cheaper energy option
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I'm really sorry, but we just need to stop doing this. Your wood-burning hygge leads directly to people's deaths - other people's and perhaps your own. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Map reveals residential wood-burning hotspots in England and Wales
Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
With “rising rates of lung cancer in non-smokers”, and growing body of evidence of the cause, wood burning homes need to pay a council tax pollution levy to contribute to local health and social care… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Map reveals residential wood-burning hotspots in England and Wales
Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution
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cleanairkirklees.bsky.social @cleanairkirklees.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
X > Bluesky @suziewong1959.bsky.social in case it’s any help, this extension is installed in the Edge browser. It looks up those you follow in X and provides a match list from Bluesky for you to check. Worth a look - microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detai...
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Guy @guido-pond.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
@BBCQuestionTime.bsky.social Care of @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @passivehouseie.bsky.social They are around 10-15% more expensive to construct but this can be offset by the energy saved. so offer a deal and turn mortgage providers on instead of against this type of product.
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