Air Quality and Climate Change
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Good air quality is essential for our health, quality of life and the environment. Air becomes polluted when it contains substances which can have a harmful effect on the health of people, animals and vegetation. The main causes of air pollution include transport, domestic combustion and industrial processes.
Our Air Quality and Climate Change work is aimed at promoting integrated policies and practices that reduce the negative effects on health and the environment of both air pollution and greenhouse gases.
Consultation on 'Development Control: Planning for Air Quality – 2010 Update'
Environmental Protection UK has updated the popular guidance 'Development Control: Planning for Air Quality', and we are now inviting views on the draft guidance document.
The document provides guidance to help ensure that air quality is properly accounted for in the development control process. The update represents a significant rewrite to cover changes to the air quality management and planning processes since the last update in 2006, and takes account of a number of new documents issued since the previous version, including the 2007 Air Quality Strategy. More information and the guidance document.
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London Assembly Investigation into City Airport Expansion
12 Mar 2010
An investigation into expansion of London City Airport has been launched.
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Report on Air Pollution by Ozone Across Europe
11 Mar 2010
Technical report on air pollution by ozone across Europe in summer 2009.
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