air quality

Climate Change Action for Air Quality Conference 2023 – Net Zero Plans

Date: 2 June 2023 at 9:15am – 4pm UK time Venue: Coventry University in the Frank Whittle Building, Room EC1-29 – Location Map, and Public Car Parks and Travelling to Coventry Conference Programme – Click here to view the conference programme. Press Release – Click here to view the conference press release. Main Conference ObjectivesTo […]

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Barford Quarry – The Impact of Quarrying

Dust from quarry sites is a major source of air pollution, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the ambient air, the size of the dust particles and their chemistry, for example limestone quarries produce highly alkaline (and reactive) dusts, whereas coal mines produce acidic dust.

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Air Quality / Climate Change School Competition

To coincide with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) held in Glasgow in November last year and the launch of the 175th anniversary year for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), The Midland Region of the IMechE, together with the Centre for Factories of the Future (C4FF), organised an air quality / climate

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A short report from Chair of Air Quality People’s chamber, Professor Reza Ziarati to COP26 Working Group

Energy cannot be produced or destroyed but can be transformed from one form into another. Higher temperatures have negative effects and the higher CO2 emissions the higher the atmosphere’s temperature. We need to bring CO2 emissions to Zero if the global atmospheric temperature is to remain unchanged. We have two choices, either stick to transport

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