Air Quality News: Issue 27 out now
The 27th edition of Air Quality News magazine has been published and is now available to read online.
In the new issue, Alaric Lester explains how the new EPIC guidance on air quality and climate change can be used by those in local authority whose work can impact emissions – or be impacted by – emissions.
Staying with local authorities, Hackney’s Dave Trew talks us through the development of Air Aware, an air quality information tool designed for public use.
As winter closes in, Tim Williamson looks at the size of the wood burning problem across Europe and considers how it might be tackled, while Emily Whitehouse talks to Dr Jim McQuaid about the fallout from firework displays and speaks to a company who are reaping the benefits of the trend to use drones instead.
Simon Guerrier delves into the realms of niche air quality requirements by looking at how The Borthwick Institute for Archives monitors air quality to protect thousands of precious old documents.
Our Big Interview is with a big name: Dr Gary Fuller, one of the UK’s most prominent communicators around air pollution and the science that’s addressing it.
We also hear how the Breathe:2022 art project in London has resurfaced thousands of miles away as Breathe:Lahore. Artist Dryden Goodwin and campaigner Abid Omar talk about the project.
It is only recently that microplastics have begun to be considered an air quality issue and here, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt explains exactly why that is.
Finally, I talk to Prof. Greg Marsden from the Institute for Transport Studies about a major new project that aims to work with the public in an effort to understand what a city would need to offer in order for them to consider living without a car.
