Emissions of air pollutants down in EU-27

The European Community's air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SOx) emissions were down by 72% from 1990 levels. The downward emission trend of three main pollutants which cause ground-level ozone continued in 2007: carbon monoxide (CO) fell by 57%, non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) were down by 47% and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have dropped 36%. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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Air quality vacancy at Bristol CC

Bristol City Council are now recruiting an Environmental Technical Support Officer for their environment team. The role will be mainly working on air quality, covering Bristol's monitoring sites and also working on other air quality projects, EMAS, water quality and GIS. Click here for further details.