air quality directive News
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Environment: a fresh legal approach to improving air quality in Member States
Ambient air quality is poor in many EU Member States – despite an obligation for governments to ensure good air quality for citizens. The situation is so serious that the Commission is currently taking action against 17 States with a consistent record of poor air quality. Today, as part of a fresh approach to the problem, Bulgaria, Latvia and Slovenia are being asked to urgently address an ...
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Veolia unveils global AI solution for water, energy, and waste management revolution
Veolia, leader in environmental services, is the first company to use artificial intelligence to drive ecological transformation in its three historical businesses: water, energy and waste. On the occasion of the Smart City Expo in Barcelona, the Group announces the worldwide deployment of its digital solutions “Hubgrade” which enable the smart monitoring of the production and ...
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“Clean air for all - all for clean air”
Ladies and Gentlemen, “Clean air for all - all for clean air”. This sounds like the slogan of the three musketeers'. Perhaps this should be expected here, in the country of Alexandre Dumas. Bravo! The theme of this panel nicely summarises the ‘essentials’ to successfully addressing one of the most important health and environment challenges we face today: …. air ...
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School Bus Company to Install Automatic Idle Shut-off Controls and Pay Penalties under the Clean Air Act
As part of a settlement for excessive school bus idling in several Massachusetts communities, Eastern Bus Company will pay a $35,000 penalty and will increase its efforts to eliminate excessive idling. In addition to posting anti-idling signs, enhancing driver training and increasing supervisory presence in school bus lots, Eastern Bus Co. will install automatic idle shut-off controls on all its ...
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Abolishing the western extension zone would increase London`s illegal air pollution levels
The Mayor of London's proposal to remove the Western Extension of the Congestion Charging Zone (WEZ) is condemned by air quality, transport and environment groups [1], who say, among other things, it would increase air pollution and could result in European air quality laws being broken. Transport for London (TfL) acknowledges that levels of two of the worst air pollutants, dangerous airborne ...
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Methuen Mass. School Bus Company Pays $33K Penalty for Excessive Idling
North Reading Transportation, a Methuen company that operates school buses and provides student transportation services in several Massachusetts communities, will pay a penalty of $33,000 to settle EPA allegations that it violated federally-enforceable motor vehicle idling limits in Massachusetts. Under the settlement, the company will implement a suite of idling reduction measures including ...
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EPA completes monitoring and analysis at two Tennessee schools
The US Environmental Protection Agency posted air toxics monitoring results and analyses from two Tennessee schools this week. In March, EPA announced it would monitor levels of toxics in the air outside 63 schools. These Tennessee schools – Ashland City Elementary School in Ashland City and Lakeview Elementary School in New Johnsonville – are the first to complete the initiative’s monitoring and ...
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NIWA trials new generation air quality sensors
For the past 12 months NIWA has been testing a prototype low-cost dust sensor package called ODIN, or Outdoor Dust Information Node. The first field trial is about to get under way in Rangiora, North Canterbury. Air quality scientist Dr Ian Longley says this new generation of low-cost sensors has the potential for communities to observe, understand and control their local air quality in a much ...
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The 2060 MARGA – a re-invented way of air quality monitoring
Ambient air quality is critical for our health and the environment. According to the World Health Organization 91% of the world population lives in places where the WHO air quality guideline levels are not met. To monitor the air quality, Metrohm Process Analytics has re-invented the well-known Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in ambient Air (MARGA) as the 2060 MARGA. When considering the effects ...
By Metrohm AG
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The 2060 MARGA – A Re-Invented Way of air Quality Monitoring
Ambient air quality is critical for our health and the environment. According to the World Health Organization 91% of the world population lives in places where the WHO air quality guideline levels are not met. To monitor the air quality, Metrohm Process Analytics has re-invented the well-known Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in ambient Air (MARGA) as the 2060 MARGA. When considering the effects ...
By Metrohm AG
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School bus Company to implement anti-idling program and pay penalties under the clean air act
As part of a settlement for alleged excessive diesel idling in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Durham School Services will commit to reduce idling from its school bus fleet of 13,900 buses operating in 30 states. The anti-idling project is the result of an EPA New England enforcement action to address excessive school bus idling and reduce school children’s exposure to diesel ...
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Walpole, Mass. School Bus Company Reduces Diesel Idling under Settlement
Michael J. Connolly and Sons, a Walpole, Mass. company that operates 300 school buses and provides student transportation services in fifteen Massachusetts communities, will implement idling reduction measures resulting in cleaner air in local communities, in addition to paying a penalty of $33,000 to settle EPA allegations that it violated federally-enforceable motor vehicle idling limits in ...
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UK’S LEADING COMPANIES DELIVER A STATE OF THE ART AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR GIBRALTAR
In February 2005, two market leaders in the air quality services and technology fields - Enviro Technology & the National Environmental Technology Centre (Netcen) - joined forces to deliver an intelligent air monitoring and data management system to the Government of Gibraltar. Enviro Technology and Netcen, an operating division of AEA Technology Environment, recently installed two ...
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Why is ground-level ozone not on the decline?
Europe has significantly cut its emissions of gases that lead to ground-level ozone. Despite this, levels of ozone do not appear to be falling. A recent EEA report questions this and suggests that the effect of the emission cuts on ozone may be masked by variable weather conditions. In many countries of Europe, the time-series of ozone data are yet too short to draw conclusions about long-term ...
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European Air Quality Index: current air quality information at your finger tips
A new European Air Quality Index, launched today by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. The Index is accompanied by new country fact sheets that provide updated air quality information for EEA member countries. The EEA and the European Commission's new online service, the ...
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Evaluating the impact of air quality measures is essential
Recent research has investigated the effectiveness of air quality management at the regional level in Italy and found that some of the most commonly adopted measures do not always produce the highest emissions reductions. Italian air quality legislation was reformed in 1999 in order to comply with the 1996 European Air Quality Framework Directive1. At the time, the 20 Italian administrative ...
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Environment: Commission takes action against UK for persistent air pollution problems
The Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for its failure to cut excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide, a toxic gas. Nitrogen dioxide is the main pre-cursor for ground-level ozone causing major respiratory problems and leading to premature death. City-dwellers are particularly exposed, as most nitrogen dioxide originates in traffic fumes. European legislation sets limits on air ...
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Phoenix home builder fined $155,000 to settle dust violations
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined with Richmond American Homes of Arizona, Inc. $155,000 for alleged dust violations that occurred at five residential construction sites in Maricopa County. The violations were discovered during routine inspections from 2003 to 2005 conducted by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department. “Maricopa County's particulate air ...
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UK’s Leading Companies Deliver State-of-the-Art Air Quality Management System For Gibraltar
Untitled Document Two market leaders in the air quality and technology fields - Enviro Technology Services and the National Environmental Technology Centre (Netcen) have joined forces to deliver an intelligent air monitoring and data management system to the Government of Gibraltar. Enviro Technology and Netcen - an operating division of AEA Technology ...
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EC sends final warning to three member states over fine particles pollution
The European Commission has sent a final written warning to Estonia, Slovenia and Sweden over breaches of the EU air quality standards for a dangerous airborne pollutant, fine particulate matter or PM 10. The standards entered into force in 2005 and none of the three Member States has requested a time extension to meet them. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: “Airborne particles are ...
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