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The Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) has recently launched the new document ‘Guidance on the Assessment of Mineral Dust Impacts for Planning’. After several years of development, a working group of air quality professionals and regulatory bodies have provided new guidelines which provide advice on robust and consistent good-practice approaches to assess the impacts … Continued

Electric Vehicles The idea of electric vehicles circulates in the news on a frequent basis, but last year less than 1% of vehicles sold were electric. Two global companies, Tesla and Google, have been aiming to find ways to make owning an electric car easier and more desirable. The premium electric vehicle company Tesla has … Continued

Europe’s car industry has suggested that the entire road infrastructure of Europe should be resurfaced in order to prevent the requirement for mandatory car emission cuts by 2030. Proposals In a document produced by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), which was released to the Guardian newspaper, the association suggested a multi-billion euro plan to … Continued

Bristol Bio-bus A pilot project by operator First West of England has demonstrated the potential of using bioenergy as fuel for public transport. A 40 seater bus, nicknamed the bio-bus, has been running since March 2015 in the EU’s European Green capital, Bristol. The success of this pilot has led to proposals to commission a … Continued

Strasbourg’s European Commission Plenary Sessions On 27th October a resolution was passed by the European Commission in Strasbourg, committing to stricter diesel emissions testing and investigation of suspected emissions test fraud. This resolution supports the move for real driving emissions (RDE) tests, mentioned in our October article ‘Eliminating Emissions – Diesel and the Euro 6 … Continued

Levels of air pollution are worse in London than anywhere in the UK, with levels of nitrogen dioxide exceeding the legal limit somewhere in all of London’s Boroughs. Due to the unique problems associated with pollutant emissions in our capital, the Mayor of London has proposed a new system, the London Local Air Quality Management … Continued

Public Health England predict that around 3,000 people each year are estimated to die from polluted air in London. The statistic is put into shocking perspective when considering this is London’s second highest cause of death after smoking. However, much of the population is unaware of the seriousness of the UK’s pollution problem. In an … Continued

This September saw the new Euro 6 standards come into effect, with an aim to reduce emissions from diesel car engines. But what will these changes mean for car producers, and do they really make a difference? The European emissions standards define the acceptable pollution limits in exhaust emissions from new vehicles sold in European … Continued

Following a lot of hard work our new website was finally launched last week. As you can see, as well as looking great, it has greatly expanded the amount of information available about the company and allows us to showcase some of the fantastic projects we have been involved with. It has been designed with … Continued

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has recently released a Draft Air Quality Plan to set out what the government is doing, and intends to do, to meet the European Union limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) as soon as possible. The document has the potential to affect future development and industrial … Continued