Project will use AI to boost CCUS efficiency
Artificial intelligence (AI) is to be used to reduce the impact of carbon emissions as part of a £3 million project led by scientists...
Formula 1 team targets over 60% emissions reduction through biofuel use for coming season
Freight contributes the lion's share of the emissions produced by formula 1. The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team says it has set its sights...
European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers
Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in...
SEPA issues first Scottish penalty for greenhouse gas leak under F-Gas Regulations
Scotland’s environmental regulator has issued a civil penalty of £75,000 to a health food supplements manufacturer for failing to provide a leakage detection system...
Decarbonizing roads programme reaches deployment stage
After completing their final assessments, all seven projects have successfully met the criteria needed to take the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising...
DEFRA Air Quality Strategy: Health, environment and transport groups urge Government to re-think
Dozens of health, environment and transport businesses and charities are calling for the government to change course on its Air Quality Strategy. This comes...
Odour complaints and how to handle them
Odour management expert Silsoe Odours explores how to understand, handle and prevent odour complaints.
Unpleasant odours can impact the health and well-being of those who...
Sponsored content: ABB technology to help tackle methane leakages from orphan oil and gas...
ABB’s emissions monitoring technology, which is typically used for gas leak detection by oil and gas companies and natural gas utilities, is now employed...
£1.2 million government funding aims for lower-emissions freight
Drones will be used to deliver packages on remote Scottish islands - that, at least, is among the visions intimated by nine new freight...
Green day unravelled: Pundits respond to policy package
An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared...
Ship emissions study shows scope for ‘faster, better, cheaper’ monitoring
Potential to increase ship emission monitoring to 100% coverage of the global ocean and attribute to individual ships, say authors
A new paper highlights possible...
Firms operating own boiler urged to register with SEPA for MPCD
Businesses operating their own boiler, engine or generator for heat or power urged to check if they must register with SEPA
Businesses that have been...
Open-source tool enables air-quality checking on a budget
An MIT research team is rolling out an open-source version of a low-cost, mobile detector that they say could enable people to track air...
Comment: It’s time to draw up plans for reporting Scope 3 emissions
UK companies should begin drawing up plans for how to report Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions created from their supply and value chains, as...
Funding for large-scale carbon removal via “aquafarming”
UK blue carbon aquaculture business awarded six figure project funding for UK ocean engineering trials
A carbon removal technology that aims to remove carbon from...
First-of-its-kind project will develop live emissions measurement dashboard for the UK
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A UK research consortium will develop a national emissions measurement dashboard for the UK.
Led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
Rail corridor will transport captured carbon from Ferrybridge
A seemingly first-of-a-kind project will support the decarbonisation of the UK’s largest waste-to-energy facility, while also contributing 3% of the UK Government’s 2035 target...
The worm turns for IAQ sensing?
Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have developed a new method for measuring indoor air quality, making use of fluorescent nematodes.
Carbon capture for the masses
Effective carbon capture will no longer be reserved for large-scale operations in heavy industries, according to Ingersoll Rand and Aqualung, who have collaborated to develop “a modular, scalable, and instantly deployable carbon capture solution”
Stratospheric risks?
The news that a US start-up has pressed ahead with experiments involving the release of aerosols in the upper atmosphere - without the consent of the wider world - has roused fears that DIY geoengineering might become a thing, and prompted an effort to update the risk calculations behind this kind of work.
