BBC News reports on tougher limits on levels of air pollution are proposed to tackle a problem thought to contribute to as many as 1,400 deaths a year in Wales.
Category: Air Monitoring
ClientEarth Clean Air Business Update
ClientEarth’s June 2020 update outlines air quality news and its relevance to business. The latest GDP estimates for June from the Office for National Statistics show that the UK economy is now in its worst recession on record. As lockdown conditions look…
Guardian: Air pollution may increase risk of Covid death, major study says
The Guardian reports that long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of death from Covid-19, according to a large study by the Office for National Statistics.
Swindon Advertiser: Safe air pollution levels breached in Swindon
Swindon Advertiser reports that safe air pollution limits are being breached in Swindon, putting lives at risk.
FleetNews: Birmingham Council launches new air quality action plan
Birmingham City Council has approved a new air quality action plan for public consultation.
Guardian: UK waste incinerators three times as likely to be in deprived areas
Waste incinerators are three times as likely to be situated in the most deprived and ethnically diverse areas of the UK, it has been revealed, raising fears about the impact on air quality and the health of vulnerable people.
BBC: Dirty air ‘on the rise again’ in UK Cities
Some of the dirty air associated with vehicles seems to be creeping up again as the UK eases itself out of lockdown. The latest data acquired by the EU’s Sentinel-5P spacecraft, which was built in the UK, suggests levels of…
Air Quality News: Can better data give us the political will to address air pollution?
COVID-19 has given us the opportunity to address toxic emissions – can better data give us the political will to do it, writes Dani Simons, head of public sector partnerships at Waze a live navigation platform that utilises technology and…
Guardian: Air pollution still down despite normal return to traffic – study
Air pollution has remained at lower levels in UK towns and cities despite a return to near-normal traffic levels after the easing of coronavirus restrictions, according to research. Analysis of data from more than 100 urban roadside locations shows nitrogen dioxide…
Chair of Air Monitoring talks about the COVID-19 effect on air quality on Channel 4
Roland Leigh, WCRAQ’s Chair of Air Monitoring, appeared on Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary, Coronavirus: How Britain is Changing. As Technical Director of EarthSense, he discussed how COVID-19 has caused a change in air quality and what this means for the…