Call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies to shape groundbreaking roadmap
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) and North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) have today launched a call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies,...
New guidance document on avoiding plastic contamination in compost
The REA and ADBA have released a position paper offering advice on how to keep plastic out of digestates and composts .
120-fold increase in CCUS needed to hit global net zero target
CCUS needs new business models; state subsidies alone may not create needed growth, says says McKinsey & Company report
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)...
GIB invests £28m in Edinburgh EfW plant
UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has today committed £28m of debt finance to a new £142m energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Millerhill in Midlothian,...
Guidance ‘will encourage more blue-green infrastructure’
New guidance appears to give water companies greater freedom to adopt Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and to introduce more rainwater saving and re-use schemes, as well as encouraging the integration of surface water assets into blue-green infrastructure .
Government’s Net Zero Strategy is a major step forward, says CCC
The UK Government’s new Net Zero Strategy sets out for the first time how the Government intends to halve UK emissions in little over...
Prioritise tackling toxic emissions from tyres, urge experts
A new briefing paper from Imperial College London attempts a deep dive on the pollution produced by the particles sloughed off from vehicle tyres....
Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to...
Car users from the world’s least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening...
Decarbonising heat the only scalable path to reach zero carbon goals, say conference speakers
Industrial sized district heatpumps which draw warmth from the air, rivers, lakes, the sea and the ground are expected to play a key role...
Sponsored Content: MCERTS ensures best available technology for monitoring
ABB’s AWT420 Transmitter as well as the 100GP and 500 Pro pH sensors now join the WaterMaster Electromagnetic flowmeter and AST430 TSS sensor with MCERTS accreditation.
Embracing the suck
Lewisham Council is to install the first Roadvent, the novel suction technology developed by UK firm Pollution Solution, making use of £132,532 in funding...
Report clarifies urban air pollution patterns worldwide
Late August saw the release of “Air Quality and Health In Cities”, the latest edition of The State of Global Air report, produced annually by the US Health Effects Institute. It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. Standout findings this year include a clearer picture of PM2.5 and NO2 pollution, with fine particles seeming to be an affliction of the world's poorer regions especially, while NO2 is a problem for city dwellers everywhere.
Fossil energy hits another peak
Global energy consumption reached a record peak of 620 Exjoules (EJ) in 2023, with fossil fuel consumption and energy sector emissions also hitting record...
Call for papers on air quality and emissions
AQE 2017, the international Air Quality and Emissions conference (Telford, UK, 24th & 25th May) has issued a call for Papers on emissions monitoring...
Sponsored Content: Reducing your carbon footprint with heat exchangers
Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers, writes: The biggest efficiency benefits of heat exchangers come about when they facilitate the reuse of as much thermal energy from a process (such as heating, cooling, pasteurisation, evaporation, etc.) as possible.
Alliance to improve waste gas monitoring
SCOTTISH technology company M Squared Lasers has launched a research partnership with the Glasgow hub of the world’s largest applied research body, the Fraunhofer...
Air pollution – the invisible roadside killer
The VW emissions scandal has helped to raise awareness of the deadly threat posed by air pollution in many of our towns and cities....
Seeking low carbon alternatives to back-up diesel generators: Grid operator issues callout
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has launched its first ‘Call for Innovation’ to businesses across the UK, in a bid to find a new...
Current incremental levels of change insufficient to meet global net zero ambitions by 2050,...
Governments and industry must deliver transformative change on net zero but are currently hamstrung by significant barriers, including global public debt, domestic tensions, increased...
A crucial year, many countries failing to meet air quality targets
With many countries failing to meet air quality targets and large numbers of premature deaths still resulting from air pollution, Jim Mills explains why...





















