Although pollution from woodburning stoves is a relatively new problem for the UK, it has long been a major one in countries such as Canada and New Zealand. And the take-home message from them as to controlling the release of harmful particulates in the air is simple: ban wood burning. ...
The plan, which is part of the UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy, also includes a £1.0M (US$1.2M) competition to fund development of maritime emissions-reduction strategies. Another key element is establishing clean maritime clusters, to be underway by 2025 and completed by 20...
The UK's Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 (the EIP) is central to the UK Government's climate change strategy and will create important opportunities for the commercial world. Following the first two articles in our Green Matters series, we turn to look at goals five and six in the ...
emissions forecasts from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) 2019 EEP (BEIS, 2019) based on energy consumption data from the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES, 2023), but did not reflect measures under development for the UK’s Clean Air Strategy. Wh...
The move to improve air quality is part of the government’s ‘UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations’. Next year the government will publish a further comprehensive ‘Clean Air Strategy’, addressing how they plan to reduce other sources of air pollution. ...
Ireland’s first ‘Clean Air Strategy’, aimed at reducing pollution-related deaths and improving air quality to meet targets set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), was approved by the government on Wednesday. UK could be locked out of strategic standard setting under new EU legislation ...
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The Clean Growth Strategy actively seeks to encourage development of new technologies, as it seeks to cut heating emissions - an opportunity which has been widely welcomed by the HVAC sector. The strategy embeds minimum boiler efficiency standards into the building regulations for the fir...
As set out in the Clean Air Strategy consultation, legislating to enable government to compel vehicle manufacturers to recall vehicles for an environmental nonconformity or failure, and to make tampering with emissions control systems a legal offence. ...
The same is also true with the UK. In March this year, the country adjusted its nuclear strategy drastically and took a significant step backward in its nuclear arms control. It not only increased its nuclear weapon stockpile cap from 180 to 260 warheads, but moved to lowered the threshold ...