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In memory of Dr Gary Mahoney
All at the IAQM have been greatly saddened to learn of the death of Dr Gary Mahoney, a highly respected member of our Institute, who passed away suddenly on Monday 10th November 2014, aged 56.
Gary joined Sefton Council in 1986 and spent most of his working life in the areas of Pollution Control and Local Air ...
IAQM responds to EAC ‘Action on Air Quality’ report
This morning the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has published the report of its recent inquiry into UK air quality. The report, entitled 'Action on Air Quality', is the result of the third EAC inquiry on air quality in five years, to which the Institute of Air Quality Management and Institution of Environmental Sciences ...
Relive DMUG 2014
An overview of this year's dispersion user group meeting which features tweets, photos and slides from the talks on the day.
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DfT launches £300k competition seeking new concepts to mitigate NOX ‘post tailpipe’
The Department for Transport (DfT) from today is inviting entries to a competition seeking concepts to help mitigate NOx emissions from road traffic, offering a total of about £300,000 to fully-fund projects designed to address air quality on the strategic road network.
The Air Quality - NOx mitigation competition focuses on improving air quality in localised ...
Consultation on Clean Air Act Regulation Consolidation
Defra is reviewing the Clean Air Act and its associated regulations as part of the Government’s Red Tape Challenge. The review aims to reduce burdens on business and modernise the legislation to make it more relevant to current air quality challenges.
In doing this they held stakeholder workshops and conducted a Call for Evidence in 2013 to support ...