Earlier this week, at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, the Methatug made its first public appearance. The tugboat, which runs on methanol, is part of the FASTWATER project, which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of methanol as a sustainable fuel for the shipping industry.
Amongst the presentations At the Northern Air Quality Conference was a double-header by Amber Titchener, the Air Quality Officer at Southampton City Council, and Pablo Garcia, Senior Air Quality modeller at EarthSense.
d.light, a provider of transformational household products are providing 10,000 subsidised solar home systems to refugees who have fled conflict in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo and who are now living in refugee camps in Uganda.
Following the disappointing news that Defra has withdrawn funding for the latest round of Local Air Quality Grants, the air quality instrumentation company Airly has announced two cost-free offers that it hopes will allow councils to make progress on their air quality monitoring programs.