airport air quality News
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CERC awarded DfT aviation air quality modelling contract for ICAO CAEP
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded CERC a two year contract to carry out local air quality modelling of aviation emissions for the International Civil Aviation Organization Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (ICAO CAEP). The CAEP is a technical committee of the ICAO Council, which assists the Council in formulating new standards and recommended practices relating to ...
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Annual Air Quality Report of Frankfurt Airport 2011
The results and maps of air quality modelling in preparation of the expansion of Frankfurt Airport, created by IVU Umwelt, are again presented and commented in the current Air Quality report by Fraport AG, the operator of Frankfurt Airport. The report emphasizes the good accordance of modelled results and measured values for NO2, especially in areas with higher concentrations. In the original ...
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UK panel: Heathrow plans must address air quality issues
Britain's government should not give the go-ahead for the expansion of Heathrow airport until its officials can show they will comply with air quality, noise and other environmental concerns, a parliamentary committee report saidTuesday. The Environmental Audit Committee chair, Huw Irranca-Davies, said the purpose of the report was not to re-open the debate on whether there should be airport ...
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Research by Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists raises new concerns about air pollution impacts at Los Angeles International Airport
For the first time, research conducted by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) shows that airliner activity at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) worsens air quality over a far larger area than previously assumed. The study, to be published Thursday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) and conducted with ...
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New Concerns About Air pollution impacts at Los Angeles International Airport
For the first time, research conducted by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) shows that airliner activity at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) worsens air quality over a far larger area than previously assumed. The study, to be published Thursday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) and conducted with ...
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Suppressed aviation report forecasts `massive environmental damage`
Climate change emissions by the airline industry, airport noise, and local air pollution are all trending sharply upwards, according to a suppressed report based on information contained in US, European and UK government databases maintained by regulatory agencies. The technical report was submitted to the 7th US/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar held in Barcelona, ...
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EPA Grants to Help New York City Communities Address Local Environmental Challenges; Includes Air Sampling Around JFK Airport
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $84,000 to three New York City organizations working to address environmental contamination in their communities. The grants were awarded under the EPA’s Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which supports and empowers communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues. “EPA’s ...
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Several massachusetts citizens receive prestigious regional EPA environmental awards
Nineteen environmental awards will be given to Massachusetts environmental groups, individuals, businesses, nonprofit and government agencies tomorrow in Boston’s Faneuil Hall as EPA presented its annual Environmental Merit Awards for 2011. In addition, a President’s Environmental Youth Award was given to the Boston Latin School Youth Climate Action Network, which received special ...
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