Air and Water News
AEA wins contract to deliver National Emissions Inventory for UK Government
Defra and DECC have awarded AEA a three year, £4.5 million contract to deliver the UK’s National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI).Read more >>
AEA expertise helps the EEA to reveal the costs of industrial air pollution
AEA expertise has helped the European Environment Agency (EEA) to reveal the costs of industrial air pollution in a new report published today (November 24, 2011).Read more >>
AEA helps European Environment Agency track EU greenhouse gas targets
AEA helped the European Environment Agency (EEA) monitor European Union (EU) progress against its Kyoto Protocol and 2020 targets in the latest analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) trends published last month.Read more >>
Is there a link between "Fracking" and earth tremors?
Exploration and extraction of shale gas uses a technique known as “hydraulic fracturing,” or fracturing. At present, exploration in the UK is on hold because of concerns that exploration of a site in Lancashire operated by Cuadrilla Resources Ltd could have given rise to minor earth tremors in the spring of 2011.Read more >>
AEA recruits Senior Environmental Consultant in Toxicology
AEA has appointed Sarah Bull as Senior Environmental Consultant in Toxicology. Sarah will provide expertise on the toxicology and risk assessment of contaminated land, air, water and waste, as well as in emergency response.Read more >>
AEA air quality expert on BBC’s Costing The Earth
Geoff Dollard, Practice Leader for Air and Environmental Quality, was recently interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s Costing the Earth Programme.Read more >>
UK Air Quality Index recommendations published
Recommendations for a new air quality index have today been published by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).Read more >>
Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano – Latest air quality and health impacts
During the latest volcanic eruption there is intense interest in the possible UK air quality and health impacts and whether the volcanic ash plume is grounding in the UK.Read more >>
New educational air pollution website launched today by AEA in partnership with the Scottish Government
In partnership with the Scottish Government and GLOW, Scotland's online education community, AEA has created a new educational website to help children aged between 8 and 11 years old to understand the causes and effects of air pollution.Read more >>
AEA is Gibraltar's rock on air quality
The Gibraltar Government, through the Gibraltar Environmental Agency, has appointed AEA to help it meet its European air quality obligations. AEA will build on the work it has already done to help Gibraltar meet the requirements of the EU Air Quality Directive, and will support continuing improvements to the natural environment for the territory's 29,000 residents.Read more >>