New service aims to bridge gap between traditional air quality assessment practice and ecological...

EPR, a planning-focused ecological survey and design consultancy, has launched a standalone Air Quality Assessment service that it says bridges the gap between traditional...

Presentation on post-Brexit environmental protection at AQE 2017

Lord Whitty has been announced as the opening speaker of the Air Quality and Emissions Conference at AQE 2017 in Telford. The two day...

£1 million grant for project to develop dynamic road charging based on vehicle emissions

Connected-vehicle developer Tantalum and Imperial College London have begun work to develop a real-time NOx emissions estimation capability, which would give local authorities the...

High sensitivity monitoring of indoor VOCs

Highly sensitive version of sensor capable of monitoring trace levels of VOCs over a long period of time making it ideal for air quality...

Workshop focuses on dust protection

Ashtead Technology, TSI and the Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) recently collaborated to deliver a workshop focusing on the environmental and safety hazards presented...

“Perfect timing” for Air Quality and Emissions event

AQE 2017 will take place in Telford (UK) on 24 and 25 May at a time when the health effects of air pollution are...

Real-world vehicle emissions monitoring service launches

- Accurate measurement of the emissions of passing vehicles - Linked to automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras for individual vehicle identification - Data can be...

Compact air quality station combines PM2.5 and O3 measurement

Sensor-based air quality monitoring expert Aeroqual has announced a new arrival in its ambient air monitoring product line up – the AQS 1 compact...

Air pollution can alter effectiveness of antibiotics, say researchers

Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution...

Instrument test project films images of Earth’s curvature

Physics students from the University of Leicester have captured breathtaking images of the Earth’s stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon.   The unmanned balloon...

App offers “hyper-local” pollution data

Smart sensor firm Drayson Technologies has partnered with Moovit, “the world’s number one transit app”, to support a pilot programme that could allow urban...

Gas sampling probes for every application

Gas sampling specialist JCT is offering a complete portfolio of gas sampling probes with a new set of technical brochures available on the company’s...

Laboratory-accuracy aerosol measurement

A UK applied science company has developed a seemingly ground-breaking new portable air particle sampling technology that promises a wide range of scientific and...

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...

Anatomy of a particulate monitor: The Fidas 200 explained

Palas, the German manufacturer of particulate monitoring instruments, says it is expanding production to cope with demand for its fine particulate monitor, the Fidas®...

Study appears to establish link between traffic pollution and childhood asthma

There is now sufficient evidence to link traffic pollution to the development of childhood asthma, according to a study carried out by the University...

UK Government loses second court action in 18 months over failure to tackle air...

The High Court has ruled that the UK Government is not doing enough to tackle air pollution, the second ruling to that effect made...

Air-cleaning, IoT-enabled “tree” picks up circular economy award in Berlin

An air-cleaning moss installation for urban areas picked up the Green Alley Award in Berlin on 27 October, which recognises innovative start-up companies working...

Enhanced guidance in new EEA emission inventory guidebook

The European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and European Environment Agency (EEA) have published an updated version of the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory...

Serious pollution and emissions cut at regulated sites, says EA

Serious pollution incidents across England have fallen by 56% since 2000 thanks to the work of Environment Agency and its partners, reports out on...