Browse by subject: Natural world & resources: Pollution (32)
The dawn of environmental justice
09 Nov 2006
A new European convention will help communities challenge developments that pose a threat to their health.
Targets duck particle problem
05 Nov 2006
The UK government’s new Air Quality Strategy has been greeted with less than universal acclaim. Launched by...
Spotlight on the dark
04 Nov 2006
Determined to reclaim the night, a new campaign wants light pollution recognised as a statutory nuisance, in the same way as noise...
Sound map
05 Nov 2006
Ask anyone who was in central London at the advent of the congestion charge: the striking cut in street noise was...
Shiver-pool
06 Nov 2006
Not sure if you’d fancy a dip in the Mersey - or the Manchester Ship Canal? Both feature among a handful of...
Shining light on dark skies
11 Nov 2006
Shining light on dark skies Czechs should be better able to see the stars in future, thanks to the first ever countrywide...
Run off the road
04 Nov 2006
To get a better grasp of one aspect of water quality management, the government has commissioned a three year study...
Robotic fish to detect shipping pollution
17 Sep 2009
A new breed of sniffer fish: carp-like machines are to be released into the waters of the Spanish port of Gijon to...
Poison Fern
04 Nov 2006
A hardy and widely-cultivated species of fern could soon be helping us to clear up sites around the world that have...
Pavement promises a pollution sink
05 Nov 2006
Paving slabs that soak up the vehicle exhaust pollutant NO2 (partly responsible for acid rain and low-level photochemical...
New lease of life
04 Nov 2006
Want to lengthen your life by three to six months? That could be the benefit of just a 5% improvement in air quality...
New dawn for New Delhi?
07 Nov 2006
The Indian capital, notorious for its unbreathable air before it started to get to grips with vehicle pollution,...
Intelligent lighting for darker skies
21 Jan 2010
Prototype street lighting technology which will both improve the quality of night skies in urban areas, and cut electricity...
Hope for the ozone
05 Nov 2006
The Buenos Aires conference last December on damage to the ozone layer was also able to report a welcome success...
Exchange of fire - So what’s the problem, congestion or pollution?
10 Nov 2006
So what’s the traffic problem: congestion - or pollution?
Dots disclose the pollution data
05 Nov 2006
What could be simpler than a colour-coded warning system for monitoring pollution? Researchers at the University...
Diverted traffic noise
04 Nov 2006
Someone’s listening. People plagued by traffic noise in Spondon, Derbyshire, are the first in this country...
Cleaning the air of tomorrow’s Seoul
09 Nov 2006
In a much-needed move to cut pollution in the South Korean capital, all factories, power plant facilities and commercial...
Children at risk
06 Nov 2006
The US National Environmental Trust (NET) has queried calculations by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that...
Building a business case for compliance
04 Nov 2006
The Environment Agency wants to move to a culture of ‘zero tolerance’ of pollution offences. Its annual...
Breeding boost for Robben Island penguin population
12 Nov 2006
South Africa’s Robben Island, infamous as the prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated, now furnishes us...
A sight for sore ears
05 Nov 2006
Birmingham has got the noise issue in its sights. Its new noise maps, a first for a UK city, caught the eye at a...
A place for PVC in a sustainable world?
12 Nov 2009
It’s cheap, durable and so versatile you’ll find it in your clothes, your garden hose, your raincoat and your Barbie dolls...
