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A community event will take place next week to explain proposals for a mine water treatment scheme at Threlkeld, near Keswick.
This rapid literature review explores the interactions between climate change and air pollution, with a focus on human health impacts
Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) summary of recommendations for quantifying the health effects of air pollutants.
COMEAP advice note in response to Defra’s May 2022 evidence report and impact analysis to inform the public consultation on Environment Act PM2.5 targets
The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in the United Kingdom was created under Royal Warrant in 1970 to advise the Queen, Government, Parliament and the public on environmental issues.
This document contains the following information: Response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's report: environmental planning, England.
First published during the 2001 to 2005 Labour government
Environment Agency data and information summarising the state of soil, air quality, water resources and water quality in England.
As the government prepares to announce tax measures aimed at tackling the problem of plastic pollution following the largest response to a call for evidence in the Treasury’s history, we’ve come up with five facts about environmental taxes in the...
COMEAP statement on quantifying mortality associated with long-term exposure to fine particulate matter.
Projects granted during 2016 that have a primary purpose of protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health or welfare of human beings or animals.
Projects granted during 2015 that have a primary purpose of protection of the natural environment and preservation of species.
Requesting information to feed into draft Risk Profiles and draft Risk Management Evaluations for 3 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This report assesses how the status of sites regulated under Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) affects operator performance and compliance records.
ETCs were surveyed over a 3-week period
Plan for the group that covers Norfolk, Suffolk and The Wash Environment
This document contains the following information: Demographic change and the environment: twenty-ninth report
This document contains the following information: Government response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's twenty-fifth report: turning the tide.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
COMEAP statement on estimating mortality associated with long-term average concentrations of fine particulate matter.
This document contains the following information: Government response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) report 'Novel materials in the environment: the case for nanotechnology'
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