by Carla Stephan | Nov 1, 2017 | Actions
We’ve got to get diesel cars off our roads to protect everyone’s health.
by Carla Stephan | Oct 19, 2017 | News, Climate & Environment
On Thursday 19 October, we joined London mining network, War on Want, Colombia Solidarity Campaign and People & Planet, for a demonstration against BHP’s neocolonial extractivism. We stood in solidarity with frontline communities as representatives from...
by Carla Stephan | Sep 1, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Peace & Security
Medical doctors and scientists, including Medact’s director David McCoy, write a letter calling on the British government to immediately begin the process of joining the international treaty demanding the ban of nuclear weapons. Read the letter here. Join...
by Carla Stephan | Aug 16, 2017 | Appeals, Campaign Updates, Hiroshima Day
Medact has received a letter from the Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, along with a copy of their Peace Declaration. The Medact Hiroshima Appeal 2017 has just recently launched. It will enable us to continue and grow our work for peace. We join the City of Hiroshima...
by Carla Stephan | Aug 16, 2017 | Headlines, News
An editorial by Medact and Doctors Against Diesel discussing the government’s Air Quality plan, how it does little to ease the crisis in UK towns and cities, and the need to improve public transport, decongest our towns and cities, and encourage more walking and...
by Carla Stephan | Aug 10, 2017 | Campaign Updates
November 2018 update: The British Psychological Society has now committed to end its investment in fossil fuels! A big thank you to all who supported the Open Letter below and campaigned to make this happen. You can read about their divestment decision here. Are you a...
by Carla Stephan | Jul 26, 2017 | Press Releases, Climate & Environment
Excellent news about a ban on petrol and diesel cars, but it needs to be expedited Commenting on the government plan to tackle air pollution published today, Professor Jonathan Grigg said: “Although we support the government’s direction of travel to move away from...
by Carla Stephan | Jul 5, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News
There is overwhelming evidence that exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution has major adverse consequences on health. Published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s largest study of air pollution shows...
by Carla Stephan | Jun 28, 2017 | Campaign Updates
A response has been received from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, to the Doctors against Diesel response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Letter in March. Doctors against Diesel’s response included the...
by Carla Stephan | Jun 26, 2017 | Campaign Updates
Medact is a London-based public health charity that works on environmental health, amongst other things. Medact is the lead organiser of the Doctors Against Diesel campaign which comprises a wide range of academics and clinicians who are concerned about the...
by Carla Stephan | Jun 15, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Resources, Climate & Environment
We launched our new campaign website for National Clean Air Day. Please take a look – and let us know what you think. You can also follow Doctors Against Diesel on Facebook and Twitter.
by Carla Stephan | Jun 14, 2017 | Actions, Headlines
Our response to the government’s consultation on its draft of a UK Air Quality Plan