Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Dr Calum Preece Improving the monitoring and mitigation of major pollution trends is one of the most important areas of environmental research. Nitrogen pollution is one of the best examples of a major environmental issue for which reliable, accessible monitoring is required in order to solve the problem.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Explosive new QC legal opinion suggests estate agents, property websites, surveyors and conveyancers are now legally obliged to inform prospective buyers and renters of air pollution levels. Firm offering free air pollution rating system for every UK address, using 1.5 billion data points generated by Imperial College London.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Thousands of individuals were exposed to dangerous substances from 1953 to 1987 due to the dangerously polluted water at the Military Station, Camp Lejeune. These studies revealed that the station’s two main water treatment plants were extremely highly polluted with dangerous substances.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2021

Ireland’s first real-time acoustic monitoring project of cetacean species (whales, dolphins and porpoise) was launched last week off the South Coast of Ireland, with the goal of creating a near real-time detection model for these species and examining the impact rising ocean noise pollution is having on Ireland’s marine life.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity. The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the ocean has been prodeuced by Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

The new ‘OxAria’ study started on 1st July, extending an existing collaboration which has enabled five low-cost air pollution sensors to be installed at city centre locations, generating real-time information on key air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5,

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Local authorities need to act urgently and use smart technology to address the air pollution crisis that is currently facing our towns and cities, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of air quality monitoring and management expert AirLabs. This has caused an increase in support for action against air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The network will provide “unprecedented ultra-high definition visibility of local air pollution”, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of AirLabs. The firm behind it hopes “to fundamentally transform how we monitor and manage air pollution to improve public health and well-being in urban spaces.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This observation is novel and has broad implications for further research investigating the mechanisms of how plants obtain information from their neighbours,” says Professor James Blande, leader of an Academy of Finland funded project on conifer communication at the University of Eastern Finland.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

Ofwat’s PR24 performance commitment document PR24 and beyond, published in November 2021, recognises that an outcomes-based approach to PR24 will include pollution incidents and environmental performance. The Environment Agency’s latest environmental performance report also made clear its expectation for a “trend to zero serious pollutions”.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

The algorithm picked out these city-block-sized satellite images as local hotspots (top) and cool spots (bottom) for air pollution in Beijing (image credit: Tongshu Zheng, Duke University). Being able to find local hotspots of air pollution using satellite images is hugely advantageous.” measurements on a small scale. .”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Population aging and economic development setbacks may outpace the health benefits of less air pollution and slowed climate change, according to a group examining air quality and the factors most likely to impact future premature deaths. However, lower pollution concentrations alone did not necessarily lower the projected number of deaths.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Five people dying prematurely every week – 260 for the year as a result of two most harmful forms of air pollution, PM2.5 The economic health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol estimated to be up to £170 million a year. pollution than Liverpool City and Greater Manchester, but a lower death rate and a smaller population.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

That means that when people went on Google seeking information about global temperature rise or federal climate policy, one of the first links that appeared was the website for the Pathways Alliance, a group whose members account for 95 percent of oil sands production.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2020

On 14 October, the European Commission adopted its new EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability , described as as a first step towards a “zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free environment” in the context of the EU Green Deal.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Data from the network of sensors, coupled with ‘inverse modelling’, can help to identify sources of GHG emissions, providing city leaders with information to help them decide on climate change policies and observe their impact almost immediately. This is the way to know we are on track to meet our goals.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

EarthSense, based in Leicester, has collaborated on a vast range of air quality monitoring projects including intelligent transport, smart cities, local authorities, construction and more to reduce pollution hotspots, better manage peak times or isolate sources contributing to elevated levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The findings suggest that this sea-to-air transport process is a significant contributor to PFAS air pollution in coastal areas. The findings indicate that these PFAS are transported from seawater to marine air by sea spray aerosols, which constitute a significant source of PFAS air pollution to coastal communities. More information.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

Basically, polluting companies increasingly need to present themselves as green to avoid accountability for their contributions to the climate crisis. But the issue is intrinsic: Experts argue that polluting industries cannot advertise the positive environmental impacts of their activities without it being inherently misleading.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

On a micro level, the platform can identify daily ‘incidents’ which occur on one street but not another, and extreme pollution differences in time, shown in rush hour NO2. AirScape presents itself as a potentially ideal solution to meet both challenges by making detailed and impactful air pollution data available to all.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

It has been building for several years alongside revelations that AGA has used paid influencer campaigns to defend gas stoves and waged state-by-state, city-by-city lobbying offensives against initiatives to replace gas furnaces, water heaters, and stoves with electric-powered devices aimed at reducing pollution linked to climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

While the composition of fine dust varies across the sites, the researchers say they have consistently identified the main source of aerosol pollution: residential heating with solid combustibles such as wood or coal. They also provide vital information for policy makers. Combustion and traffic. Setting guideline values.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A project led by the University of Surrey will manufacture a miniature building model, with state-of-the-art pressure, airspeed and temperature sensors, with the aim being to help develop a better understanding of how to tackle air pollution in cities across the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Additionally, the UNFCCC informed WBA on Sunday that its application to host an official side event in the Blue Zone was successful. In Glasgow, WBA will be able to further raise awareness of the key role that our technology plays in tackling this potent, short-lived climate pollutant and the urgency of doing this by the end of the decade.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

A coroner is calling for national limits on air pollution to be reduced to match World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and made enforceable by law. Inner South London Assistant Coroner Philip Barlow ruled in December last year that air pollution exposure contributed to nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death in February 2013.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

New programme to prioritise projects that reduce air pollutants, improve knowledge and information about air quality, or tackle particulate matter. Adoo Kissi-Debrah became the first person to have air pollution recorded as a contributory cause of illness and death on their death certificate.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2022

To be fair, Mr. Eustice’s reference to EVs was one sentence in a lengthy discussion of measures to combat particulate pollution. The idea is that EVs’ brake pads and tires wear more quickly, producing higher amounts of fine particulate matter, a pollutant that contributes to respiratory diseases and can enter the bloodstream.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Car users from the world’s least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening their windows for ventilation, finds a first of its kind study from the University of Surrey. n (Colombia), Sa?o This is yet a distant dream in many ODA countries. Professor Adamson S.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Check it out here or on the EJ TF’s information page under “Reports & Information”. In partnership with communities, State Agencies should create a standard method to develop, track, evaluate, and publish EJ and health goals focused on preventing pollution and improving engagement in overburdened communities.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2020

It’s no secret that living near a highway, a power plant, or some other source of air pollution can slowly kill you. But surprisingly, much less is known about how the same pollutants affect the critters fluttering around us, breathing the very same air. The findings do not bode well for India’s economy and food security.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. Concerned citizens at meeting listening to alarming information about ethylene oxide in their air.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Department of Biology investigated the effects of three different pollution sources (treated sewage discharge, agriculture, and urban run-off) on different aspects of river systems. This important information should be used to prioritise the management and conservation of our rivers moving forward.”

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 8, 2020

The Satellites for Climate Action initiative — powered by Planet, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the state of California—has helped enable researchers to examine surprising information about power plant emissions. But some parts of Beijing have still been steeped in smog and air pollution. © 2020, Planet Labs Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

A lack of pollution monitoring stations has meant a shortfall of data on local, national, regional and global PM 2.5 In this study, we used an innovative machine learning approach to integrate multiple meteorological and geological information to estimate the global surface-level daily PM 2.5 We also recorded relatively high PM 2.5

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Smog Armor is an exciting, new environmentally friendly paint brand that has created a solution to tackle and eliminate indoor air pollution by adding a mineral that actively purifies the air wherever the paint is used. For more information, please visit www.smogarmor.com. Looking Good, Breathing Great. Social Mission.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire is one of the cities where the project aims to help governments develop policies to reduce pollution. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the University of York have been awarded a total of £674,023 for a project that aims to give West African cities access to low-cost air pollution monitoring technologies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

is launching a new service to help media outlets include information on air pollution levels in their weather forecasts. The research was commissioned by energy giant E.ON, which is today launching a new service aimed at helping national and regional media include air quality information in their weather forecasts.

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