air pollution
Pollution red alert?
Tuesday 27 June 2023
As we all know, Gordon Ridgewell has a photographer’s eye for the natural world, but it also roves beyond to man-made phenomena, where he clearly has mixed feelings. “I was sat in the garden on Sunday at 5pm and had my own Red Arrows show. They were displaying at Duxford’s summer show – or Pollution […] Read more >
Blue-sky thinking… or not
Friday 20 May 2022
A sobering observation from photographer Gordon Ridgewell: “I was in the garden at 9.30 on a Sunday morning enjoying the lovely clear day and looked up and saw this aircraft polluting the sky overhead. “It must have been ideal conditions up there as it is one of the best ‘trails’ I have seen of late. I […] Read more >
Appreciating the silent skies? Then join this survey asking how we’re affected by noise pollution
Friday 24 April 2020
It cannot have escaped the notice of many in the county that everything during the Covid-19 lockdown is so very much quieter – the constant drone (or roar) of aircraft overhead and road traffic around us is a fraction of what it was. While fully accepting of the misery caused by the situation, the lockdown […] Read more >
The Lower Thames Crossing… a helping hand for a serial killer?
Wednesday 28 November 2018
With the prospect of the Lower Thames Crossing between Essex and Kent threatening swathes of countryside on both sides of the river, Alex Hills, chairman of Gravesham CPRE, offers his view on government roads policy while also asking if we’re all doing our bit to tackle air pollution By continuing to build poorly planned new […] Read more >