£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.
Recovering forests regain a quarter of carbon lost from deforestation
Tropical forests are vital ecosystems in the fight against climate change. Yet vast areas of forest are still degraded or lost through deforestation and...
A lopsided prospectus? Commentators appraise the Spring Budget
Nuclear energy and carbon capture, storage and utilisation (CCUS) were notable beneficiaries in the chancellor’s Spring Budget (presented on 15 March), which seemed geared...
World Air Quality Report 2022 highlights pollution hotspots
A nuanced appraisal emerges from the 2022 World Air Quality report - compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir - which includes a...
Built environment tool to help with drawing up legal contracts
A new tool aims to help those in the property industry - from lawyers to surveyors - to navigate climate-aligned drafting. It helps drafters...
Sponsored Content: Proprietary technologies for affordable clean air
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Sponsored Content: A novel design for the measurement of gas fluxes
A better understanding of fluxes of climate-relevant gases is required to inform climate change studies and enable better management of ecosystems to mitigate their climate impact.
£10.7 million for local authorities
Local authorities across England have been granted almost £11 million in the latest round of funding for projects intended to help improve air quality.
New NHS dashboard launched to help reduce CO2 emissions from inhalers
NHS Business Services Authority (NBSA) has launched a new dashboard intended to help prescribers to reduce the high carbon impact of inhalers.
Estimates suggest that...
