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Strengthen red route pollution monitoring to save lives, says London air report

Envirotec Magazine

The report makes a number of recommendations to the Mayor of London to tackle the city’s air pollution, including: Strengthen monitoring of pollution from London’s red routes and incorporate new monitoring of air quality emissions for the Silvertown Tunnel project.

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Air Quality Monitoring Networks Support More Climate-Resilient Communities

Energy Innovation

This post is the fourth in a series titled “Real Talk on Reliability,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100 percent clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate stable future. It was written by Savannah M. Communities across the U.S. 2019 ; D’Evelyn et al.,

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Report highlights risks to effectiveness of BNG legislation

Envirotec Magazine

There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy, launched in February, according to a 17 May National Audit Office (NAO) report. The government provided either £26,807 or £43,4674 to each local authority to help them prepare in each of the two years proceeding launch.

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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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Forced electricity prepayment re-authorised in Britain

Smart Energy International

Energy regulator Ofgem has re-authorised installation of prepayment meters on an involuntary basis by three suppliers, subject to certain conditions. The three suppliers are EDF, Octopus Energy and Scottish Power, which have been authorised as meeting the conditions and further must follow a comprehensive set of new rules.

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New Oregon Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Accelerating Climate Policies

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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Sandwell clean air project backed with £50,000 government funding

Envirotec Magazine

Monitoring expert EarthSense is among the firms supporting the project. The project will be led by air quality and public health consultants Enjoy the Air, in partnership with the Sandwell Council, to examine the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area.