Electric cars uptake accelerating in Scotland
Interest in electric cars in Scotland is accelerating, possibly thanks in part to a zero-interest loan fund from the Scottish Government. More than half...
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...
No need to dump diesel: Report calls for balance when appraising energy supply for...
A new report challenges current perceptions on the use of diesel generators in STOR and related capacity market schemes.
Aimed at supporting utilities organisations...
Scottish Water Horizons fined for Cumbernauld odours
Scottish Water Horizons Limited was fined £26,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court on Monday 10 October 2016 due to offensive odours coming from its Deerdykes...
UK food and drink sector raises sustainability ambitions with new FDF commitment
Food and drink manufacturers on 13 October announced a new set of commitments to further reduce environmental impacts, protect natural capital, and contribute to...
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,...
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...
Scotch whisky industry renews commitment to sustainability
A series of seemingly amibitious environmental targets was announced by the Scotch Whiskey Association (SWA), the principal trade body for the sector, on 21...
Joint venture combines satellite data gathering and sensor expertise
EarthSense Systems, a new joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and the University of Leicester, is focused on producing innovations in air quality...
Emissions partnership
Portable measurement technology firm Testo has appointed Ashtead Technology as platinum distributor for its portable emissions analysers, the Testo 340 and 350. As part...
Intuitive flowmeter
US air sampling technology firm SKC is offering the Chek-mate flowmeter, said to be an easy to use differential pressure flowmeter for calibrating air...
Rugged and simple multiparameter meter
INDOOR air quality instrumentation expert GrayWolf Sensing Solutions has introduced the AdvancedSense BE, described as a rugged, simple-to-use, multi-parameter environmental meter. This purpose-built instrument...
Time to go into emergency mode?
As the quality of the air we breathe climbs the agenda as a public health concern - a "public health emergency", no less, in...
Gridded filters assist with asbestos count
US laboratory equipment supplier Environmental Express is offering gridded MCE filter membranes to address various sample collection and analysis needs, especially airborne asbestos fibre...
Continuous PM reading with compact unit
The Fidas® Frog is a compact fine dust monitor with a detachable control panel for indoor and workplace exposure measurements.
Available from instrumentation firm Palas,...
Fifteen years on, the dust has still to settle
The estimated 1,000 tons of asbestos-rich dust released in the collapse of the World Trade Centre has the potential to claim more lives says...
Cashing in on the sludge gold rush
Over the past two decades, the value of sludge to the wastewater treatment sector has been turned on its head, transforming it from an...
Class action: The benefits of rigid pipeline systems
The bedding Class specified for buried pipes can vary depending on a number of factors including the material and type of pipe installed....
Battery storage firms win National Grid tender to provide grid balancing technology
Seemingly an important boost for the development of technologies to help with balancing services for the electrical grid, National Grid announced on 26 August...
