Visualisation firm wins funding from Innovate UK
Air quality expert EarthSense wins grant to develop innovative new air quality services
EarthSense, a visualisation firm with expertise in air quality, announced on 28...
Innovative sensor network monitors ‘vog’ in Hawai’i
In May 2018, the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea erupted with devastating consequences - destroying homes, displacing hundreds of people and emitting high levels of dust...
Parents feeling trapped in pollution-choked cities, says charity as campaign launches providing self-protection advice
Major firms team up with environmental charity to support campaign to clean up the air for families and workers
Fifty nine per cent of...
Tracing the history of an invisible killer
A recent book charts the history of air pollution, and profiles the problem as it presents itself today
Human-caused climate change played limited role in Beijing 2013 ‘airpocalypse’
A new Northwestern University study concludes that human-caused climate change played only a minor role in the air's stagnation
Air sampling one-day course
Air sampling expert SKC is offering a comprehensive one day hands-on practical training course
New portable web-enabled particle monitors
Air Monitors has launched a new range of advanced monitors for airborne particulates
The promise of new shipping fuels
A new paper ‘Sailing on Solar’ presents a vision of how international shipping can meet its target of at least halving emissions by 2050
Rail operator and infrastructure services provider achieve 97% diesel-free ‘Site of the Future’
A project led by Network Rail and Colas Rail has used solar lighting and power generation to prove the viability of a sustainable ‘Site...
Instrument continuously measures the water-soluble gas and aerosol components in air
Metrohm Process Analytics has re-invented its Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in ambient Air (MARGA) instrument as the 2060 MARGA.
When considering the effects of...
Wandsworth Council distorts information on air pollution in the borough
Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Council (BWTUC) has said it is very concerned about the way its local council is portraying the ongoing battle...
London firm converts 25-strong waste collection fleet to CNG fuel ahead of ULEZ
London’s largest independent food waste collector has completed preparations for the capital’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) by revealing plans to convert all 25...
Consultancy assists with launch of Herts and Beds air pollution alert system
Launched in early March by 11 Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire local authorities, the new ‘Herts & Beds Air Pollution Alert System’ website and notification service...
“Not just another living wall”: Product uses AI and plants to improve indoor air
A seemingly novel approach to improving indoor air quality is offered by a wall-based installation that uses microbes in the roots of plants to...
Figures show nearly 1 in 3 people are registered at GP surgeries with unsafe...
· 7.5 million NHS patients in London...
· over 2 million NHS patients in the East Midlands...
· 2.5 million NHS patients in the...
Time running out to bid for £8m Scottish retrofit funding
There is a limited time remaining to bid for a share of £7.89 million to upgrade buses and coaches with technology such as the...
Unexpected link between air pollutants from plants and man-made emissions
Scientists are seemingly a step closer to understanding what controls the behaviour of fine particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere after identifying new linkages...
London Mayor launches “world’s most sophisticated air quality monitoring network”
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched what was described as the world’s most advanced and comprehensive network of air quality monitors, on 21...
Website launched to help businesses prepare for Birmingham Clean Air Zone
A website has been launched to help businesses get to grips with the Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which will be launched in Birmingham city...
Bus retrofit installations delivering cleaner air
Funded by Scottish Government and delivered by Energy Saving Trust, the Bus Emissions Abatement Retrofit (BEAR) scheme enables Scottish bus operators to retrofit their...
