This week the High Court found the government's action on air quality to be inadequate.  In the second successful case against the government

UK health services are currently unprepared for the risks posed by climate change, warns a major new health alliance launching today.

Only just came across this letter by Nick Hopkinson and colleague to the European Respiratory Journal last January, highlighting the importance of

The Committee on Climate Change has produced a recent report entitled 'Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy'

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels top 400 parts per million, an editorial in this week's BMJ draws attention to the impact of respiratory inhalers on global warming.

The continued use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) in respiratory care will have a potentially serious effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use potent green-house gas hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) as propellants. A cost-effective and safe alternative is available in the form of Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs), and we propose a programme to change prescribing practices such that DPIs are used in preference to HFC-driven inhalers where not clinically contra-indicated.