Atmospheric Issues

Atmospheric Issues provides recent news items concerning atmospheric pollution, including acid rain, air quality, global warming, ozone depletion and sustainability. Like some of the Encyclopedia's subtopics, the news items predominantly reflect issues of concern relevant to the UK. New news stories are posted every month.

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  • Air Pollution Issues
  • Climate Change Issues
  • Ozone Depletion Issues
  • Sustainability Issues

  • Air Pollution Issues

    June 2001

  • Clean Air For Europe
  • New EU Fuel Objectives
  • Vehicles & Air Pollution In Delhi
  • Advances In Hydrogen Fuel Technology
  • Tiny Particles May Cause Heart Attacks
  • Incinerators To Go...

    May 2001

  • UK Air Quality Indicators 2000

    April 2001

  • Air Pollution From Foot & Mouth Animal Pyres
  • Particles Reviewed

    March 2001

  • Task Force Target World's Smoggiest City
  • Cleaner Beijing For 2008 Olympics

    February 2001

  • Hydrogen Buses For London
  • New Technology Could Halve Vehicle Emissions
  • Larger Lorries, Less Pollution

    January 2001

  • 2000 UK Urban Air Quality Best Yet
  • Quality Of Life Survey Includes Air Quality

    November 2000

  • Check Your Air Quality
  • Bad Air In London
  • Birmingham's Clean Air?
  • Pollution Causes Factory Shutdown In Delhi
  • More cash For Cleaner Fuels

    October 2000

  • Indoor Air Quality Concerns
  • New Air Quality Indicators From BBC
  • Air Quality Management Areas - More Declared
  • Brazil: Smog Increasing Respiratory Diseases
  • New Interactive Website On Car Emissions

    August 2000

  • Official Advice On Health Effects Of Air Pollution
  • Westminster Publishes Air Quality Action Plan

    June 2000

  • Expert Panel Report On PM10 Measurement
  • "Motorvate" Launched By Transport Minister
  • Air Quality Management Areas Likely To Exceed 100
  • IPPC Preparations Continue

    April 2000

  • Particulate Episodes From Saharan & Volcanic Dust
  • Research Links Particles From Power Lines To Cancer
  • Brown's Budget Impacts Air Quality
  • Cutting Air Pollution Emissions In Westminster

    February 2000

  • EU Ozone Remains Poor

    January 2000

  • New Air Quality Strategy To Start The Century
  • New Power Station Emission Levels Announced

    December 1999

  • New Deadline For Local Authority Air Quality Management Areas
  • London Taxi Share Success
  • First Planning Refusal On Air Quality Grounds
  • Petrol Costs Worry Motorists
  • Many Of The Worlds Children Threatened By Air Pollution
  • Road Pricing May Start In 2003

    November 1999

  • Large Number Of Air Quality Management Areas Expected

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    Climate Change Issues

    June 2001

  • Earth Consuming Too Much
  • The Benefits Of Bleaching

    May 2001

  • "Kyoto" Centre...

    April 2001

  • End Of The Road For Kyoto Protocol

    March 2001

  • More Evidence For Climate Change
  • The Benefits Of Bleaching

    February 2001

  • Melting Icecaps
  • Health Effects of Climate Change
  • Kyoto Climate Targets Beyond Reach of the UK?

    January 2001

  • Latest IPCC Climate Projections

    November 2000

  • Wettest Autumn On Record In England & Wales
  • New UK Climate Change Programme Launched
  • Climate Change Talks Stall In The Hague
  • Earth 8ēC Warmer By 2100
  • Drinking Tea & Coffee Contributes To Global Warming

    October 2000

  • Another Warm Summer

    September 2000

  • New Views On Malaria & Global Warming

    August 2000

  • India & UK Team Up To Study Climate Change
  • Polar Ice Caps To Be Monitored By New Satellite
  • North Pole May Be Melting
  • New Potent Greenhouse Gas Discovered

    July 2000

  • Algae May Be Used To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions In Power Plants

    May 2000

  • Adaptation To Climate Change Will Cost
  • New Royal Commission Report On Energy - The Changing Climate

    April 2000

  • Antarctic Melting

    March 2000

  • Warmest Winter On Record In The U.S.
  • 1998 UK Greenhouse Gas Estimates

    February 2000

  • Consensus Is That Global Warming Is Real

    December 1999

  • North Atlantic Ocean Circulation & El Niņo

    November 1999

  • Australia Has Worst Emissions, Per Capita, In The World
  • Submarines Detect Decline In Arctic Ice Thickness
  • Review Of Climate Change In Antarctica

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    Ozone Depletion Issues

    October 2000

  • Ozone Hole Influences Southern Chile & Argentina

    September 2000

  • Ozone Hole Sets Another Record

    January 2000

  • Record Arctic Ozone Loss?

    December 1999

  • Montreal Protocol Gains New Beijing Amendment

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    Sustainability Issues

    April 2001

  • Local Authority Wins Queen's Award For CHP
  • Philippines Gets Solar Power

    February 2001

  • How Sustainable Is Your Country?

    November 2000

  • Offshore Wind Power

    October 2000

  • The Plastic Bag - A Fashion Accessory?
  • Recycling Cars
  • Transport Statistics For Great Britain

    September 2000

  • Are You Doing Your Bit For Transport?
  • Dublin Car Sharing Initiative

    August 2000

  • Powershift To Benefit From New UK Transport Plans
  • Solar Water Heaters Used As Renewable Energy

    May 2000

  • New Waste Strategy
  • 'Don't Choke Britain' Campaign

    April 2000

  • Global Wind Power
  • Sustainable Education

    March 2000

  • Money For Public Tranpsort

    February 2000

  • Public Perception Of Public Transport

    December 1999

  • National Traffic Growth & Congestion Still Expected To Rise

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