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Steetley Dolomite’s Whitwell Works near Sheffield did not emit over half a tonne of arsenic in 2010 as it had accidentally reported (picture: Alan Murray-Rust CC-by-SA 2.0)

Errors blight pollutant release figures again

Errors in industrial pollutant emissions data have persisted, analysis of 2010 data reveals

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Government consults on road user charging scheme for HGVs

Lorries disembarking at Ramsgate ferry port (picture: Colin Smith (CC-BY-SA 2.0))

The government is consulting on a road user charging scheme for HGVs but the measure is not designed to be green. It is also trialling longer articulated lorries

Air pollution alert system for Scotland launched

Edinburgh smog (picture: Adam Ward [CC-BY-SA 2.0])

‘Know and Respond’ will send messages to mobile phones, landlines or email addresses when air quality falls

Tighter air quality index records first 'high'

The monitoring station on Putney High Street recorded the first 'high' level of nitrogen dioxide (photo: Nigel Cox CC-BY-SA-2.0)

Residents of the London district of Putney suffered significant levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution on 4 January

EPUK advises on CHP air quality effect

The guidance covers installations such as the CHP system at the Natural History Museum (photo: NHM)

A new guidance document aims to help councils assess the impact of smaller combined heat and power plants on air quality

Agency plans to prune pollution inventory

The Environment Agency is consulting on cutting the number of pollutants that sites must report on

Retailer waste fines slashed on appeal

Trago Mills dumped waste illegally (photo: Environment Agency)

Fines for dumping waste against West Country firm Trago Mills have been reduced by two thirds

Permit breaches cost waste firm £22k

An illegal scrapyard above an aquifer in Pembrokeshire risked contaminating water supplies

Environment features in public health indicators

Noise objections are the largest single cause of complaints to councils (photo: Nicki Dugan CC BY-SA 2.0)

New yardsticks for measuring public health improvements include noise, fuel poverty, air pollution and sustainability

Permit breaches cost aggregates firm £46k

Contaminated wastes were being accepted at the company's Swanley site and a leak from a diesel tank had not been cleaned up (photo: Environment Agency)

Hastings magistrates have fined a Kent company for multiple landfill permit breaches

Investigation into incinerator effects on infant health

HPA researchers will examine whether municipal waste incinerators are linked to still birth and low birth weight

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Pollution & Health In Depth

DCLG consults on passing EU fines to local councils

The government has set out its intended process for handing on potential EU fines to councils and other public authorities

ECHA proposes 13 chemicals for authorisation

Arguments over the latest group of chemicals slated for authorisation under REACH highlight wider aspects of the European Chemicals Agency’s approach.

Carmakers zoom past European carbon targets

Figure: Average carmaker carbon emissions, 2010

Most EU vehicle carbon performance goals will be met well ahead of schedule, calling into question the industry’s campaign against curbs

Comment: Seeing off the behemoths

Not one, but two, gargantuan transport projects lurched forward in January. These may address issues of UK competitiveness and capacity constraint, but does human progress, prosperity and happiness demand that everyone travels ever faster and further?

HS2 rail rolls on despite growing opposition

Opposition to the HS2 scheme has been vocal (picture: David Jones/PA Wire/Press Association)

The government has announced plans to steam ahead with a new high-speed rail line, which will have major environmental consequences

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