News & Reports

Monitoring of air quality at the Fife Cupar Bonnygate monitoring site has had to be temporarily suspended while work is undertaken to re-align the road and the pedestrian crossing adjacent to the moni

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New venue and Keynote Address by Michael Russell MSP, Minister for Environment

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Do local authorities need to undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment for air quality action plans?

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There was a major fire incident on the evening of Tuesday July 8th in Glasgow.

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This consultation concerns Policy Guidance and Technical Guidance on local air quality management. The Policy Guidance applies to Scotland only whereas the Technical Guidance applies UK-wide.

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The 2007 project report has now been finalised, providing details of:

Website and Database development
Annual seminar and newsletter
Data availability for 2007

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The 2007 project report has now been finalised, providing details of:

• Website and Database development
• Annual seminar and newsletter
• Data availability for 2007
• QA/QC

• Read more about Scottish Air Quality Database Annual Report 2007

The latest Scottish Government Annual Air Quality Seminar was held in Stirling on Tuesday March 11th 2008.

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The 2007 Air Pollution in Scotland brochure has been published. Please view report from here.

You can now register here to receive daily or hourly e-mail updates of the latest air quality measurements across Scotland. Click here.

New Practical Guidance on the use of Diffusion Tubes for Ambient NO₂ Monitoring has now been released.

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Latest ratified figures show that over the last ten years concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and PM₁₀ particulate matter in Scotland appear to have decreased significant

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This web site was officially launched on April 2nd 2007.

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Latest figures show that over the last ten years concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and PM10 particulate matter in Scotland appear to have decreased significantly.

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A pilot study mapping exercise has been carried out to see if more accurate estimates of background pollutant concentrations across Scotland can be obtained.

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The final seminar for the Scottish Air Quality Database and Web Site Pilot Study was held in Stirling on Wednesday October 11th 2006.

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The pilot study web site Air Quality in Scotland has now been released for consultation. Comments are invited on this new resource.

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A draft mapping study of air quality across Scotland has now been published. The study is in two phases:

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On behalf of the Scottish Government, AEA Energy & Environment has contacted all the Scottish local authorities to obtain information on what

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An introductory seminar for the Scottish Air Quality Database and Web Site Pilot Study was held in Edinburgh on Thursday March 30th 2006. on 18/05/2006.

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