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ECG Bulletin January 2025
Chair's Report for 2024
The EGC Interview: Adam Peters
Project Interview: Yassir El Hadri
Book Review: Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies
Book Review: Emerging Nanotechnologies for Water Treatment
Meeting Report: Communicating Sustainability: Enhancing research impact
Meeting Report: Carbon capture, storage and utilisation: Starting to put the climate change genie back in the bottle
Meeting Report: Burlington consensus 3: Scientists at the heart of global policymaking
Meeting Report: The place of Chemistry in a doughnut economy
Meeting Report: Outreach report: IF Oxford 2024 – engaging everyone!
Meeting Report: Air quality in the 21st century
Article: CCS in four continents: How different attitudes may drive different implementation
Article: Carbon capture and geostorage; a key component of the energy transition
ECG Environmental Brief No. 43: The environmental impacts of e-cigarettes and vapes
Upcoming Meetings
Chair's Report for 2024
The EGC Interview: Adam Peters
Project Interview: Yassir El Hadri
Book Review: Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies
Book Review: Emerging Nanotechnologies for Water Treatment
Meeting Report: Communicating Sustainability: Enhancing research impact
Meeting Report: Carbon capture, storage and utilisation: Starting to put the climate change genie back in the bottle
Meeting Report: Burlington consensus 3: Scientists at the heart of global policymaking
Meeting Report: The place of Chemistry in a doughnut economy
Meeting Report: Outreach report: IF Oxford 2024 – engaging everyone!
Meeting Report: Air quality in the 21st century
Article: CCS in four continents: How different attitudes may drive different implementation
Article: Carbon capture and geostorage; a key component of the energy transition
ECG Environmental Brief No. 43: The environmental impacts of e-cigarettes and vapes
Upcoming Meetings
ECG Bulletin July 2024
The ECG Interview: Stephanie Powley
Book Review: Indoor Air Pollution
Meeting Report: Killer threads! Fast-Fashion’s impact on the environment
Report: Outreach report 2024
Webinar report: Contaminated land: extent of the problem and management
Article: DGL Feature: Microplastic and natural fibres
Article: DGL Feature: The textile industry and the environment
How To: Gardening: repelling pests and fertilising garden plants with minimal environmental harm
Interview: Interview with Environment Agency Former Chief Executive, Sir James Bevan
ECG Environmental Brief No.40: Hidden inefficiencies: The importance of identifying different contributions to overall catalytic activity
ECG Environmental Brief No.41: Implications of HF exposure to human health during lithium-ion battery fires at disposal sites
ECG Environmental Brief No.42: Synthetic microfibres – how textiles can pollute waterways, organisms, and food
Upcoming meetings
The ECG Interview: Stephanie Powley
Book Review: Indoor Air Pollution
Meeting Report: Killer threads! Fast-Fashion’s impact on the environment
Report: Outreach report 2024
Webinar report: Contaminated land: extent of the problem and management
Article: DGL Feature: Microplastic and natural fibres
Article: DGL Feature: The textile industry and the environment
How To: Gardening: repelling pests and fertilising garden plants with minimal environmental harm
Interview: Interview with Environment Agency Former Chief Executive, Sir James Bevan
ECG Environmental Brief No.40: Hidden inefficiencies: The importance of identifying different contributions to overall catalytic activity
ECG Environmental Brief No.41: Implications of HF exposure to human health during lithium-ion battery fires at disposal sites
ECG Environmental Brief No.42: Synthetic microfibres – how textiles can pollute waterways, organisms, and food
Upcoming meetings
ECG Bulletin January 2024
Chair's Report for 2023
The ECG Interview: Kiri Rodgers
Book Review: Transition towards a sustainable biobased economy
Interview : Porous liquids: an interview with Professor Stuart James
Call for volunteers
Meeting report: Microplastics Pollution webinar
Meeting report: Accessible Evaluation at the BIG Event
Meeting report: Regulating for the water environment
Article: Rivers of Life?
Article: Monitoring pollution and its impact on water quality using innovative tools
Article: PFAS – an overview of an emerging chemical of concern and the UK’s approach to monitoring
and managing the risks
ECG Environmental Brief No.39: Reactive nanoadsorbents for environmental cleanup: testing disposal
sustainability
Upcoming meetings
Committee vacancy
Chair's Report for 2023
The ECG Interview: Kiri Rodgers
Book Review: Transition towards a sustainable biobased economy
Interview : Porous liquids: an interview with Professor Stuart James
Call for volunteers
Meeting report: Microplastics Pollution webinar
Meeting report: Accessible Evaluation at the BIG Event
Meeting report: Regulating for the water environment
Article: Rivers of Life?
Article: Monitoring pollution and its impact on water quality using innovative tools
Article: PFAS – an overview of an emerging chemical of concern and the UK’s approach to monitoring
and managing the risks
ECG Environmental Brief No.39: Reactive nanoadsorbents for environmental cleanup: testing disposal
sustainability
Upcoming meetings
Committee vacancy
ECG Bulletin July 2023
The ECG Interview: Helena Rapp Wright
Book Review: Challenges in Green Chemistry
Book Review: Electronic Waste Management
Meeting Report: State-of-the-art in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Meeting Report: Become a chemist for a day
Meeting report: Water, water, everywhere – is it still safe to drink? The pollution impact on water quality
Meeting report: #EnvChem2023: Chemistry of the Whole Environment
Article: The circular carbon economy and the future of carbon dioxide utilisation
Article: Transforming CO2 into construction products
ECG Environmental Brief No.37: Vitrification: Using thermal methods to increase long-term stability of geological disposal of radioactive waste
ECG Environmental Brief No.38: The sources and impacts of polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs)
The ECG Interview: Helena Rapp Wright
Book Review: Challenges in Green Chemistry
Book Review: Electronic Waste Management
Meeting Report: State-of-the-art in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Meeting Report: Become a chemist for a day
Meeting report: Water, water, everywhere – is it still safe to drink? The pollution impact on water quality
Meeting report: #EnvChem2023: Chemistry of the Whole Environment
Article: The circular carbon economy and the future of carbon dioxide utilisation
Article: Transforming CO2 into construction products
ECG Environmental Brief No.37: Vitrification: Using thermal methods to increase long-term stability of geological disposal of radioactive waste
ECG Environmental Brief No.38: The sources and impacts of polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs)
ECG Bulletin January 2023
Chair's report for 2022
The ECG Interview: Symiah Barnett
Meeting Report: Disposable attitude: Electronics in the environment
Meeting report: Circular Chemistry; the enabler to help solve global challenges
Article : Flammability performance and fire tests for furniture – an update
Meeting report: Science outreach with new audiences
Meeting report: Science outreach – Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2022
How To: DIY air pollution sensors
Article: Glyphosate – An effective but controversial weedkiller
Article: Materials recovery: The precious prospects within e-waste
Article: Environmental management of exhaust gases associated with the manufacture of semiconductors
Article: Combining art and science for effective public communication
Article: Reducing e-waste through repair: Slowing the electronics replacement cycle
ECG Environmental Brief No.36: Aged microplastics enhance adsorption of pharmaceuticals
Upcoming meetings
Chair's report for 2022
The ECG Interview: Symiah Barnett
Meeting Report: Disposable attitude: Electronics in the environment
Meeting report: Circular Chemistry; the enabler to help solve global challenges
Article : Flammability performance and fire tests for furniture – an update
Meeting report: Science outreach with new audiences
Meeting report: Science outreach – Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2022
How To: DIY air pollution sensors
Article: Glyphosate – An effective but controversial weedkiller
Article: Materials recovery: The precious prospects within e-waste
Article: Environmental management of exhaust gases associated with the manufacture of semiconductors
Article: Combining art and science for effective public communication
Article: Reducing e-waste through repair: Slowing the electronics replacement cycle
ECG Environmental Brief No.36: Aged microplastics enhance adsorption of pharmaceuticals
Upcoming meetings
ECG Bulletin July 2022
The ECG Interview: David Owen
Book Review: Atmospheric Chemistry
Meeting Report: Three outreach updates
Article: Constructed wetlands, micropollutants and climate change
Article: The effects of climate change on land contamination and selected contaminants
Article: SCMS: Insights into xenobiotic uptake
Activity Sheet: Bee balls
ECG Environmental Brief No. 33: Reducing nitrate contamination of water with cover crops
ECG Environmental Brief No. 34: Synthetic textiles: A primary source of microplastics
ECG Environmental Brief No. 35: Chemicals of concern: a prioritisation and early warning system for England
Upcoming meetings
Three charterships available through membership of the RSC: CSci; CChem; CEnv
The ECG Interview: David Owen
Book Review: Atmospheric Chemistry
Meeting Report: Three outreach updates
Article: Constructed wetlands, micropollutants and climate change
Article: The effects of climate change on land contamination and selected contaminants
Article: SCMS: Insights into xenobiotic uptake
Activity Sheet: Bee balls
ECG Environmental Brief No. 33: Reducing nitrate contamination of water with cover crops
ECG Environmental Brief No. 34: Synthetic textiles: A primary source of microplastics
ECG Environmental Brief No. 35: Chemicals of concern: a prioritisation and early warning system for England
Upcoming meetings
Three charterships available through membership of the RSC: CSci; CChem; CEnv
ECG Bulletin January 2022
Chair's Report for 2021
The ECG Interview: John Collins
Review: Critical Raw Materials: summary of the ESED report
Meeting Report: Environmental Chemistry Group Webinars
Meeting Report: IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2021
Meeting Report: Chemistry for the Environment
Meeting Report: Plastics, From Cradle to Grave - and Resurrection II
Meeting Report: #EnvChem2021: Chemistry of the Whole Environment Research
Article: Mercury: History, facts and concerns
Article: Sorption of metals onto microplastics
Article: Energy efficiency vs indoor air quality conundrum and possible solutions
RSC Diversity, Access and Inclusivity Best Practice statement
ECG Environmental Brief No 29: Variance between individuals can provide additional information for ecotoxicologists besides the mean
ECG Environmental Brief No 30: Potential environmental risks of water-soluble polymers
ECG Environmental Brief No 31: Nanobiosensors in monitoring biodegradation of micropollutants
ECG Environmental Brief No 32: Using ultrasound for environmental sample preparation: what’s the buzz?
Upcoming meetings
Chair's Report for 2021
The ECG Interview: John Collins
Review: Critical Raw Materials: summary of the ESED report
Meeting Report: Environmental Chemistry Group Webinars
Meeting Report: IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2021
Meeting Report: Chemistry for the Environment
Meeting Report: Plastics, From Cradle to Grave - and Resurrection II
Meeting Report: #EnvChem2021: Chemistry of the Whole Environment Research
Article: Mercury: History, facts and concerns
Article: Sorption of metals onto microplastics
Article: Energy efficiency vs indoor air quality conundrum and possible solutions
RSC Diversity, Access and Inclusivity Best Practice statement
ECG Environmental Brief No 29: Variance between individuals can provide additional information for ecotoxicologists besides the mean
ECG Environmental Brief No 30: Potential environmental risks of water-soluble polymers
ECG Environmental Brief No 31: Nanobiosensors in monitoring biodegradation of micropollutants
ECG Environmental Brief No 32: Using ultrasound for environmental sample preparation: what’s the buzz?
Upcoming meetings
ECG Bulletin July 2021
Foreword from the Chair: 25 years of Bulletins, 200 committee meetings
The ECG Interview: Tomás Sherwen
Book Review: Advanced oxidation technologies: Sustainable solutions for environmental treatments
Review: Presentation training – Duncan Yellowlees
Article: Accessing powerful nanostructures of exfoliated biochar using green solvents
Article: Synthesis of spherical titanium dioxide microspheres to degrade rifampicin
Article: Natural analogues for nuclear waste; a window into the future?
Article: Paper-origami devices for COVID-19
Article: From the 1970s to today: A view on environmental progress
Resource: Colour changing chemistry
Early Careers Environmental Brief No 9: Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides during the COVID-19 pandemic
Early Careers Environmental Brief No 10: Single use plastic pandemic – The rise in disposable plastic pollution
during the COVID-19 pandemic
Environmental Brief No 27: Microbially-enhanced bioremediation of organic contaminants
Environmental Brief No 28: Bacteriohopanepolyol lipids reveal past biogeochemical processes
Foreword from the Chair: 25 years of Bulletins, 200 committee meetings
The ECG Interview: Tomás Sherwen
Book Review: Advanced oxidation technologies: Sustainable solutions for environmental treatments
Review: Presentation training – Duncan Yellowlees
Article: Accessing powerful nanostructures of exfoliated biochar using green solvents
Article: Synthesis of spherical titanium dioxide microspheres to degrade rifampicin
Article: Natural analogues for nuclear waste; a window into the future?
Article: Paper-origami devices for COVID-19
Article: From the 1970s to today: A view on environmental progress
Resource: Colour changing chemistry
Early Careers Environmental Brief No 9: Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides during the COVID-19 pandemic
Early Careers Environmental Brief No 10: Single use plastic pandemic – The rise in disposable plastic pollution
during the COVID-19 pandemic
Environmental Brief No 27: Microbially-enhanced bioremediation of organic contaminants
Environmental Brief No 28: Bacteriohopanepolyol lipids reveal past biogeochemical processes
ECG Bulletin January 2021
Chair’s Report for 2020
The ECG Interview: Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay
Review: Evaluation training – Jamie Gallagher
Book Review: Soil Clays
Meeting Report: #EnvChem2020: Chemistry of the Whole Environment Research
Review: ClairCity Webinars: engaging citizen scientists in air quality monitoring and improvement
Meeting Report: Rethinking behaviour change at Communicate 2020
Meeting Report: RSC Environmental Science desktop seminars
Meeting Report: Ideas online: Outreach from home
Resource: Filter funnel engineering
Article: Mine Wastes: Environmental impacts and resource potential
Environmental Brief No. 23: The identification of microplastics using density analysis
Environmental Brief No. 24: Surface complexation modelling: building tools to understand and predict adsorption
Environmental Brief No. 25: Modelling Antibiotics in the aquatic environment using fugacity concepts
Environmental Brief No. 26: Phosphate Oxygen Isotopes – A new tool for nutrient sources and cycling
Chair’s Report for 2020
The ECG Interview: Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay
Review: Evaluation training – Jamie Gallagher
Book Review: Soil Clays
Meeting Report: #EnvChem2020: Chemistry of the Whole Environment Research
Review: ClairCity Webinars: engaging citizen scientists in air quality monitoring and improvement
Meeting Report: Rethinking behaviour change at Communicate 2020
Meeting Report: RSC Environmental Science desktop seminars
Meeting Report: Ideas online: Outreach from home
Resource: Filter funnel engineering
Article: Mine Wastes: Environmental impacts and resource potential
Environmental Brief No. 23: The identification of microplastics using density analysis
Environmental Brief No. 24: Surface complexation modelling: building tools to understand and predict adsorption
Environmental Brief No. 25: Modelling Antibiotics in the aquatic environment using fugacity concepts
Environmental Brief No. 26: Phosphate Oxygen Isotopes – A new tool for nutrient sources and cycling
ECG Bulletin July 2020
The ECG Interview: Laura Alcock
Book review: Urban Soils
Review: Public engagement with impact
Meeting report: Environmental chemistry of water, sediment, soil and air: Early career researchers’ meeting
Article: Air quality in the time of Covid-19
Article: Efficacy of treatments for Varroa infestation, and their side effects on honeybees
Article: Porous boron nitride: an effective adsorbent for carbon dioxide capture
Article: Biochar for remediation
Article: Elements of construction - Minecraft and the Periodic Table
Article: Multimedia modelling of organic pollutants: The fugacity approach
Resource: Public engagement how to: Wet scrubbers
Early Careers Environmental Brief 7: Microplastics in soil: An important issue
Early Careers Environmental Brief 8: Diesel particulate matter
The ECG Interview: Laura Alcock
Book review: Urban Soils
Review: Public engagement with impact
Meeting report: Environmental chemistry of water, sediment, soil and air: Early career researchers’ meeting
Article: Air quality in the time of Covid-19
Article: Efficacy of treatments for Varroa infestation, and their side effects on honeybees
Article: Porous boron nitride: an effective adsorbent for carbon dioxide capture
Article: Biochar for remediation
Article: Elements of construction - Minecraft and the Periodic Table
Article: Multimedia modelling of organic pollutants: The fugacity approach
Resource: Public engagement how to: Wet scrubbers
Early Careers Environmental Brief 7: Microplastics in soil: An important issue
Early Careers Environmental Brief 8: Diesel particulate matter
ECG Bulletin January 2020
Chair's report for 2019: News from the ECG
The ECG Interview: Dominik Weiss
Book review: The Science of Communicating Science
Book review: Groundwater Geochemistry and Isotopes
Meeting report: Atmospheric chemistry 2019
Meeting report: Plastics: From cradle to grave and resurrection
Meeting report: Indoor air quality
Meeting report: Sustainable water in the 21st Century
Meeting report: Oxford Festival of Ideas: a public engagement with science event
Meeting report: Sensors and networks for environmental monitoring
Article: The fate, occurrence and extraction of antibiotics in solid matrices
Article: The last straw
Meeting report: Joseph Priestley’s journey of discovery – A celebratory exhibition
Resource: Public engagement how to: How to remove plastic with gas floatation
Environmental Brief 21: Environmental analysis - Digestion methods for geological materials
Environmental Brief 22: Water soluble polymers' role in improving the clarification of water
Chair's report for 2019: News from the ECG
The ECG Interview: Dominik Weiss
Book review: The Science of Communicating Science
Book review: Groundwater Geochemistry and Isotopes
Meeting report: Atmospheric chemistry 2019
Meeting report: Plastics: From cradle to grave and resurrection
Meeting report: Indoor air quality
Meeting report: Sustainable water in the 21st Century
Meeting report: Oxford Festival of Ideas: a public engagement with science event
Meeting report: Sensors and networks for environmental monitoring
Article: The fate, occurrence and extraction of antibiotics in solid matrices
Article: The last straw
Meeting report: Joseph Priestley’s journey of discovery – A celebratory exhibition
Resource: Public engagement how to: How to remove plastic with gas floatation
Environmental Brief 21: Environmental analysis - Digestion methods for geological materials
Environmental Brief 22: Water soluble polymers' role in improving the clarification of water
ECG Bulletin July 2019
The ECG Interview: Steve Leharne
Book review: Hook Your Audience
Book review: Environmental Chemistry and You
Meeting report: Early careers researchers meeting
Meeting report: Latest advances in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Meeting report: Clay minerals in the natural and built environment
Meeting report: Twitter conference poster competition winners announced
Article: Oxford Green Week
Distinguished Guest Lecture meeting report: 21st century chemistry: Disposing our nuclear legacy
Article: An increasing role for iodine in the atmosphere
Article: RSC journal highlights
Resource: Public engagement how to: Ocean acidification experiment
Early Careers Environmental Brief 5: A sea of synthetics: Microfibres in the environment
Early Careers Environmental Brief 6: Brominated flame retardants: exposure routes, human impacts and status
The ECG Interview: Steve Leharne
Book review: Hook Your Audience
Book review: Environmental Chemistry and You
Meeting report: Early careers researchers meeting
Meeting report: Latest advances in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Meeting report: Clay minerals in the natural and built environment
Meeting report: Twitter conference poster competition winners announced
Article: Oxford Green Week
Distinguished Guest Lecture meeting report: 21st century chemistry: Disposing our nuclear legacy
Article: An increasing role for iodine in the atmosphere
Article: RSC journal highlights
Resource: Public engagement how to: Ocean acidification experiment
Early Careers Environmental Brief 5: A sea of synthetics: Microfibres in the environment
Early Careers Environmental Brief 6: Brominated flame retardants: exposure routes, human impacts and status
ECG Bulletin January 2019
The ECG Interview: Roger Reeve
Book review: Complete Science Communication
Book review: Innovative Materials and Methods for Water Treatment: Solutions for Arsenic and Chromium Removal
Book review: Phosphates in Soil
Update: RSC ECG continuing professional development survey
Meeting report: Future perspectives on environmental nanotechnology
Article: Global plastic pollution: the impact of nurdles
Article: Arsenic contaminated groundwater - a problem in India and the UK
Update: Neonicotinoids alter food preferences and colony behaviour
Environmental Brief 19: Managing risks from contaminated groundwater using natural attenuation
Environmental Brief 20: Light non-aqueous phase liquids: managing site complexities
The ECG Interview: Roger Reeve
Book review: Complete Science Communication
Book review: Innovative Materials and Methods for Water Treatment: Solutions for Arsenic and Chromium Removal
Book review: Phosphates in Soil
Update: RSC ECG continuing professional development survey
Meeting report: Future perspectives on environmental nanotechnology
Article: Global plastic pollution: the impact of nurdles
Article: Arsenic contaminated groundwater - a problem in India and the UK
Update: Neonicotinoids alter food preferences and colony behaviour
Environmental Brief 19: Managing risks from contaminated groundwater using natural attenuation
Environmental Brief 20: Light non-aqueous phase liquids: managing site complexities
ECG Bulletin July 2018
Article: A farewell to departing members of the ECG Committee
The ECG Interview: Glynn Skerratt
Book review: Trace Elements in Abiotic and Biotic Environments
Book review: Coal in the 21st Century
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Biopollution: antimicrobial resistance in the environment
Article: An introduction to the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance
Article: Antibiotic resistance - from nature to environmental contaminant
Meeting report: The geochemistry and mineralogy of contaminated environments
Article: Motivations to start or join a small enterprise in environmental chemistry
Update: WMO greenhouse gas bulletin No. 13
Resource: How to microplastic
Article: RSC careers events and opportunities
Early Careers Environmental Brief 3: Adverse effects and control legislation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances
Early Careers Environmental Brief 4: Should the EU continue to use glyphosphate
Article: A farewell to departing members of the ECG Committee
The ECG Interview: Glynn Skerratt
Book review: Trace Elements in Abiotic and Biotic Environments
Book review: Coal in the 21st Century
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Biopollution: antimicrobial resistance in the environment
Article: An introduction to the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance
Article: Antibiotic resistance - from nature to environmental contaminant
Meeting report: The geochemistry and mineralogy of contaminated environments
Article: Motivations to start or join a small enterprise in environmental chemistry
Update: WMO greenhouse gas bulletin No. 13
Resource: How to microplastic
Article: RSC careers events and opportunities
Early Careers Environmental Brief 3: Adverse effects and control legislation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances
Early Careers Environmental Brief 4: Should the EU continue to use glyphosphate
ECG Bulletin February 2018
The ECG Interview: Valerio Ferracci
Book review: Environmental Impacts of Road Vehicles
Book review: Ecotoxicology and Chemistry Applications in Environmental Management
Meeting report: Environmental chemistry of water, sediment, soil and air
Meeting report: 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter
Meeting report: 27th V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Paris
Article: Emerging organic contaminants
Article: Chlorine-based water disinfection
Article: Antibiotic resistance - antibiotic release into the environment
Environmental Brief 16: The application of modified bio-sorbents to heavy metal(loid) contaminated soils
Environmental Brief 17: Modelling metal speciation in natural waters
Environmental Brief 18: Geochemistry and biogeochemistry of radioactive substances
The ECG Interview: Valerio Ferracci
Book review: Environmental Impacts of Road Vehicles
Book review: Ecotoxicology and Chemistry Applications in Environmental Management
Meeting report: Environmental chemistry of water, sediment, soil and air
Meeting report: 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter
Meeting report: 27th V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Paris
Article: Emerging organic contaminants
Article: Chlorine-based water disinfection
Article: Antibiotic resistance - antibiotic release into the environment
Environmental Brief 16: The application of modified bio-sorbents to heavy metal(loid) contaminated soils
Environmental Brief 17: Modelling metal speciation in natural waters
Environmental Brief 18: Geochemistry and biogeochemistry of radioactive substances
ECG Bulletin July 2017
The ECG Interview: Brian Graham
Book review: The Long Shadows of War
Meeting report: What's new in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Inside the engine
DGL article: Air pollution and health: Knowledge gained from journeys to Umea, London and Beijing
Article: Do diesel vehicles cause poor air quality?
Article: Air pollution and traffic: searching for the missing emissions
Early Careers Environmental Brief 1: Sources and legislative control of PM2.5 pollution
Early Careers Environmental Brief 2: Policies controlling hydrofluorocarbon emissions
The ECG Interview: Brian Graham
Book review: The Long Shadows of War
Meeting report: What's new in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Inside the engine
DGL article: Air pollution and health: Knowledge gained from journeys to Umea, London and Beijing
Article: Do diesel vehicles cause poor air quality?
Article: Air pollution and traffic: searching for the missing emissions
Early Careers Environmental Brief 1: Sources and legislative control of PM2.5 pollution
Early Careers Environmental Brief 2: Policies controlling hydrofluorocarbon emissions
ECG Bulletin February 2017
The ECG Interview: Martin King
Article: In the bin - applied and environmental sciences at school
Meeting report: Early career researchers - environmental chemistry of water, sediment and soil
Outreach report: NERC into the blue
Meeting report: Masters of disaster - click to change the world
Article: Rare earth elements: chemistry, fate and environmental impact
Article: Neonicotinoids updated
Environmental Brief 14: Volatile organic carbons and vapour intrusion
Environmental Brief 15: Non-aqueous phase liquids: properties, risk reduction and remediation
The ECG Interview: Martin King
Article: In the bin - applied and environmental sciences at school
Meeting report: Early career researchers - environmental chemistry of water, sediment and soil
Outreach report: NERC into the blue
Meeting report: Masters of disaster - click to change the world
Article: Rare earth elements: chemistry, fate and environmental impact
Article: Neonicotinoids updated
Environmental Brief 14: Volatile organic carbons and vapour intrusion
Environmental Brief 15: Non-aqueous phase liquids: properties, risk reduction and remediation
ECG Bulletin July 2016
The ECG Interview: Rowena Fletcher-Wood
Product review: Real chemistry for kids
Update: Toward a world with cleaner air
Book review: Understanding elemental pollution, element by element
Article: Crigee Intermediates: New atmospheric oxidants from old chemistry
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Geoengineering the climate
DGL Article: An introduction to geoengineering
DGL Article: Climate engineering - carbon capture and storage
DGL Article: How can geoengineering by regulated?
2016 DGL Article: Smoke and mirrors are not the solution to global warming
Environmental Brief 12: Waste classification
Environmental Brief 13: The relative-rate technique for determining rate constants
The ECG Interview: Rowena Fletcher-Wood
Product review: Real chemistry for kids
Update: Toward a world with cleaner air
Book review: Understanding elemental pollution, element by element
Article: Crigee Intermediates: New atmospheric oxidants from old chemistry
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Geoengineering the climate
DGL Article: An introduction to geoengineering
DGL Article: Climate engineering - carbon capture and storage
DGL Article: How can geoengineering by regulated?
2016 DGL Article: Smoke and mirrors are not the solution to global warming
Environmental Brief 12: Waste classification
Environmental Brief 13: The relative-rate technique for determining rate constants
ECG Bulletin January 2016
Article: Environment to outreach
The ECG Interview: Tom Sizmur
Book review: The shock of the Anthropocene
Book review: Fracking: Issues in Environmental Science & Technology No. 39
Meeting report: Contaminated land and extreme weather conditions
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Nanomaterials - environmental remediants or toxicants
2015 DGL Article: Nanomaterials: small particles or big trouble?
DGL Article: Overcoming nanoecotoxicological effects for sustainable remediation of nanomaterials
DGL Article: Are standard ecotoxicological assays a blessing or a curse?
Environmental Brief 10: Thermal infrared remote sensing of the atmosphere
Environmental Brief 11: Biotic ligand models, metal bioavailability and regulatory application
Article: Environment to outreach
The ECG Interview: Tom Sizmur
Book review: The shock of the Anthropocene
Book review: Fracking: Issues in Environmental Science & Technology No. 39
Meeting report: Contaminated land and extreme weather conditions
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Nanomaterials - environmental remediants or toxicants
2015 DGL Article: Nanomaterials: small particles or big trouble?
DGL Article: Overcoming nanoecotoxicological effects for sustainable remediation of nanomaterials
DGL Article: Are standard ecotoxicological assays a blessing or a curse?
Environmental Brief 10: Thermal infrared remote sensing of the atmosphere
Environmental Brief 11: Biotic ligand models, metal bioavailability and regulatory application
ECG Bulletin July 2015
Update: How harmful are neconicotinoids to the environment?
Update: Human health exposure from contaminated land: a LQM/CIEH report
The ECG Interview: Zoe Fleming
Meeting report: The 6th international multidimensional chromatography workshop
Meeting report: Emerging contaminants in water and soils, practical considerations: sampling, analysis and consequences
Meeting report: Soft ionisation mass spectrometric techniques and the environmental sciences
Meeting report: New developments in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Book review: Geoengineering of the climate system
Article: Non-targeted methods for identifying new and emerging persistent organic pollutants of environmental concern
Environmental Brief 9: The atmospheric chemistry of HO2 and organic peroxy radicals
Update: How harmful are neconicotinoids to the environment?
Update: Human health exposure from contaminated land: a LQM/CIEH report
The ECG Interview: Zoe Fleming
Meeting report: The 6th international multidimensional chromatography workshop
Meeting report: Emerging contaminants in water and soils, practical considerations: sampling, analysis and consequences
Meeting report: Soft ionisation mass spectrometric techniques and the environmental sciences
Meeting report: New developments in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
Book review: Geoengineering of the climate system
Article: Non-targeted methods for identifying new and emerging persistent organic pollutants of environmental concern
Environmental Brief 9: The atmospheric chemistry of HO2 and organic peroxy radicals
ECG Bulletin January 2015
Article: ECG Bulletin and ECG Newsletter January 1995 - January 2015
Article: Environmental chemistry: a twenty year perspective
Article: Environmental chemistry degrees - then and now
Update: WMO Greenhouse gas bulletin No. 10
Meeting report: Chemical atmosphere - snow-sea ice interactions: taking the next big step in field, laboratory and modelling
The ECG Interview: Ian Forber
Article: Veterinary agents and poisons threaten avian scavengers in Africa and Europe
Environmental Brief 7: Atmospheric lifetimes of trace gases
Environmental Brief 8: How passive diffusion tubes measure NO2 concentrations
Article: ECG Bulletin and ECG Newsletter January 1995 - January 2015
Article: Environmental chemistry: a twenty year perspective
Article: Environmental chemistry degrees - then and now
Update: WMO Greenhouse gas bulletin No. 10
Meeting report: Chemical atmosphere - snow-sea ice interactions: taking the next big step in field, laboratory and modelling
The ECG Interview: Ian Forber
Article: Veterinary agents and poisons threaten avian scavengers in Africa and Europe
Environmental Brief 7: Atmospheric lifetimes of trace gases
Environmental Brief 8: How passive diffusion tubes measure NO2 concentrations
ECG Bulletin July 2014
Update: Status of global climate: outdoor air pollution
Update: Human health exposure from contaminated land: a DEFRA report
Meeting report: Organic chemistry and toxicology of contaminants in the ground
Meeting report: Soft ionisation mass spectrometric techniques and the environmental sciences
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Plastic debris in the ocean - a global environmental problem
2014 DGL article: Plastic debris in the ocean - a global environmental problem
DGL article: Polymers and their environmental degradation
Article: 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Alkali Inspectorate
Article: Raising air quality awareness among schoolchildren and the public
Book review: Robert Angus Smith and the origins of the environmental chemist
Environmental Brief 5: Asbestos in soils
Environmental Brief 6: Pourbaix (pE-pH) diagrams for the aquatic environment
Update: Status of global climate: outdoor air pollution
Update: Human health exposure from contaminated land: a DEFRA report
Meeting report: Organic chemistry and toxicology of contaminants in the ground
Meeting report: Soft ionisation mass spectrometric techniques and the environmental sciences
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Plastic debris in the ocean - a global environmental problem
2014 DGL article: Plastic debris in the ocean - a global environmental problem
DGL article: Polymers and their environmental degradation
Article: 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Alkali Inspectorate
Article: Raising air quality awareness among schoolchildren and the public
Book review: Robert Angus Smith and the origins of the environmental chemist
Environmental Brief 5: Asbestos in soils
Environmental Brief 6: Pourbaix (pE-pH) diagrams for the aquatic environment
ECG Bulletin January 2014
Article: PCB analysis, risk assessment and forensic techniques in UK contaminated land assessments
Article: Can mineral carbonation be used for industrial CO2 sequestration?
Meeting report: Tropospheric aerosol: formation, transformation and impacts
Meeting report: The science behind our cultural heritage
Meeting report: Environmental monitoring in the energy sector: exploring parallels between shale gas and nuclear
Article: Minamata convention on mercury
Environmental Brief 3: Atmospheric chemistry at night
Environmental Brief 4: Atmospheric particulate matter
Review: RSC green chemistry series - new title Element Recovery and Sustainability
Article: PCB analysis, risk assessment and forensic techniques in UK contaminated land assessments
Article: Can mineral carbonation be used for industrial CO2 sequestration?
Meeting report: Tropospheric aerosol: formation, transformation and impacts
Meeting report: The science behind our cultural heritage
Meeting report: Environmental monitoring in the energy sector: exploring parallels between shale gas and nuclear
Article: Minamata convention on mercury
Environmental Brief 3: Atmospheric chemistry at night
Environmental Brief 4: Atmospheric particulate matter
Review: RSC green chemistry series - new title Element Recovery and Sustainability
ECG Bulletin July 2013
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Rare earths and other scarce metals
Meeting report: Recent advances in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
DGL article: A review of the global supply of rare earths
DGL article: Chemistry innovation in resource efficiency
DGL article: Terra rara - the unknown elemental sea
2013 DGL article: Metal cycles and metal losses
DGL article: Mind the gap: materials' criticality - mitigation options and impacts
Environmental Brief 1: Calculating photolysis rates and estimating photolysis lifetimes
Environmental Brief 2: Contaminated land
Distinguished guest lecture meeting report: Rare earths and other scarce metals
Meeting report: Recent advances in the analysis of complex environmental matrices
DGL article: A review of the global supply of rare earths
DGL article: Chemistry innovation in resource efficiency
DGL article: Terra rara - the unknown elemental sea
2013 DGL article: Metal cycles and metal losses
DGL article: Mind the gap: materials' criticality - mitigation options and impacts
Environmental Brief 1: Calculating photolysis rates and estimating photolysis lifetimes
Environmental Brief 2: Contaminated land
ECG Bulletin February 2013
Update: WMO & the state of the global climate
Article: 100 years of toxicological risk assessment
Article: Turning science into policy
Article: Bringing atmospheric chemistry to life for the new generation
Article: Galligu: An environmental legacy of the Leblanc alkali industry
Article: Organic waste recycling
Meeting Report: Rachel Carson’s legacy
Meeting Report: Soft ionisation mass spectrometric techniques 2013
Update: WMO & the state of the global climate
Article: 100 years of toxicological risk assessment
Article: Turning science into policy
Article: Bringing atmospheric chemistry to life for the new generation
Article: Galligu: An environmental legacy of the Leblanc alkali industry
Article: Organic waste recycling
Meeting Report: Rachel Carson’s legacy
Meeting Report: Soft ionisation mass spectrometric techniques 2013
ECG Bulletin July 2012
Update: The World Meteorological Organisation’s Annual Statement on the Status of the Global Climate
Article: The role of ‘Big Society’ in monitoring the state of the natural environment
Meeting Report: Current issues in contaminated land risk assessment
Meeting Report: First UK solar to fuels symposium
Distinguished guest lecture 2012 meeting report: Energy, waste and resources – three sides of the same coin?
2012 DGL article: Fuels, chemicals and materials from waste
2012 DGL article: Organic waste management and its implications
Update: The World Meteorological Organisation’s Annual Statement on the Status of the Global Climate
Article: The role of ‘Big Society’ in monitoring the state of the natural environment
Meeting Report: Current issues in contaminated land risk assessment
Meeting Report: First UK solar to fuels symposium
Distinguished guest lecture 2012 meeting report: Energy, waste and resources – three sides of the same coin?
2012 DGL article: Fuels, chemicals and materials from waste
2012 DGL article: Organic waste management and its implications
ECG Bulletin January 2012
Historical meeting theme for all these articles:
Article: Anthropogenic CO2 and climate change – a historical perspective
Article: John Tyndall’s discovery of the ‘greenhouse effect’
Article: Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and the history of smog
Article: Robert Angus Smith and the pressure for wider and tighter pollution regulation
Article: The life and work of Frederick Challenger
Article: Health concerns of metals and metalloids
Meeting report: Environmental Chemistry: A Historical Perspective
Meeting report: Toxicology of metallic nanoparticles
Book review: Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning
Historical meeting theme for all these articles:
Article: Anthropogenic CO2 and climate change – a historical perspective
Article: John Tyndall’s discovery of the ‘greenhouse effect’
Article: Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and the history of smog
Article: Robert Angus Smith and the pressure for wider and tighter pollution regulation
Article: The life and work of Frederick Challenger
Article: Health concerns of metals and metalloids
Meeting report: Environmental Chemistry: A Historical Perspective
Meeting report: Toxicology of metallic nanoparticles
Book review: Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning
ECG Bulletin September 2011
Article: FASTA and environmental monitoring in Kenya
Article: How sea level and ancient soils control the distribution of arsenic pollution in groundwater
Article: Voltammetric trace metal analysis for environmental monitoring
Distinguished guest lecture 2011 meeting report: Title: The Nitrogen Cycle – in a fix?
Article: FASTA and environmental monitoring in Kenya
Article: How sea level and ancient soils control the distribution of arsenic pollution in groundwater
Article: Voltammetric trace metal analysis for environmental monitoring
Distinguished guest lecture 2011 meeting report: Title: The Nitrogen Cycle – in a fix?
ECG Bulletin January 2011
Meeting report: Geochemical speciation & bioavailability of trace elements (GeoSpec2010)
Meeting Report: 2010 Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry Forum
Meeting Report: Contaminated land – chemistry and toxicology aspects of chemical risk assessment
Meeting Report: GeoSpec2010
Book Review: Atmospheric Chemistry
Meeting report: Geochemical speciation & bioavailability of trace elements (GeoSpec2010)
Meeting Report: 2010 Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry Forum
Meeting Report: Contaminated land – chemistry and toxicology aspects of chemical risk assessment
Meeting Report: GeoSpec2010
Book Review: Atmospheric Chemistry
ECG Bulletin July 2010
Update: Solar fuel technology in the UK – present and future
Article: Synchrotron-based studies of green rust formation
Distinguished guest lecture 2010 meeting report: King Coal: future prospects for growth, use and clean technologies
2010 DGL article: Technology and the use of coal
Update: Solar fuel technology in the UK – present and future
Article: Synchrotron-based studies of green rust formation
Distinguished guest lecture 2010 meeting report: King Coal: future prospects for growth, use and clean technologies
2010 DGL article: Technology and the use of coal
ECG Bulletin January 2010
Update: Loo Pool Management Forum— An update
Update: Risk to human health from exposure to contaminated land: A CL:AIRE report
Article: Evaluating the legacy of chlorinated solvents in groundwater
Article: Pharmaceuticals and sewage treatment
Article: First mercury reference laboratory in Southern Africa
Book Review: Air Quality in Urban Environments
Update: Loo Pool Management Forum— An update
Update: Risk to human health from exposure to contaminated land: A CL:AIRE report
Article: Evaluating the legacy of chlorinated solvents in groundwater
Article: Pharmaceuticals and sewage treatment
Article: First mercury reference laboratory in Southern Africa
Book Review: Air Quality in Urban Environments
ECG Bulletin July 2009
Article: Iodine chemistry in the coastal atmosphere
Article: Non-exhaust emission sources,
Article: Veterinary antibiotics in the terrestrial environment
Distinguished guest lecture 2009 meeting report: The future of water
2009 DGL article: The future of water and energy: some links that provide solutions and challenges
2009 DGL article: Economic perspectives on water access and affordability
Article: Iodine chemistry in the coastal atmosphere
Article: Non-exhaust emission sources,
Article: Veterinary antibiotics in the terrestrial environment
Distinguished guest lecture 2009 meeting report: The future of water
2009 DGL article: The future of water and energy: some links that provide solutions and challenges
2009 DGL article: Economic perspectives on water access and affordability
ECG Bulletin January 2009
Update: National Soil Inventory of England and Wales
Article: Potamology, palaeosols and poison: new research on the arsenic pollution of groundwater
Article: A geophysiologist’s thoughts on geoengineering
Article: NCAS Summer School 2008
Meeting Report: NCAS Atmospheric Science Conference 2008
Update: National Soil Inventory of England and Wales
Article: Potamology, palaeosols and poison: new research on the arsenic pollution of groundwater
Article: A geophysiologist’s thoughts on geoengineering
Article: NCAS Summer School 2008
Meeting Report: NCAS Atmospheric Science Conference 2008
ECG Bulletin July 2008
Article: Biophysical remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil in Yorkshire
Distinguished guest lecture 2008 meeting report: The Science of Carbon Trading
2008 DGL article: Achieving the EU 2ºC target through carbon trading
2008 DGL article: Having our climate cake and eating it: reduced emissions from deforestation
2008 DGL article: Cool Earth
2008 DGL article: Accounting for biofuels: green, black or shades of grey
Article: Biophysical remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil in Yorkshire
Distinguished guest lecture 2008 meeting report: The Science of Carbon Trading
2008 DGL article: Achieving the EU 2ºC target through carbon trading
2008 DGL article: Having our climate cake and eating it: reduced emissions from deforestation
2008 DGL article: Cool Earth
2008 DGL article: Accounting for biofuels: green, black or shades of grey
ECG Bulletin January 2008
Update: Sustainable management of arsenic contaminated water and soil in rural areas of Latin America
Update: Chemists poke holes in ozone theory
Article: Sediment records of environmental change in Antarctica
Article: Free radicals at high latitudes
Article: Ozone hole paradigm is challenged by a new laboratory measurement of the chlorine peroxide spectrum
Article: Greener chemical manufacturing
Article: Is the teaching of the science of global warming and climate change flawed?
Update: Sustainable management of arsenic contaminated water and soil in rural areas of Latin America
Update: Chemists poke holes in ozone theory
Article: Sediment records of environmental change in Antarctica
Article: Free radicals at high latitudes
Article: Ozone hole paradigm is challenged by a new laboratory measurement of the chlorine peroxide spectrum
Article: Greener chemical manufacturing
Article: Is the teaching of the science of global warming and climate change flawed?
Anna JonesECG Bulletin July 2007
Article: Air quality and climate: Polluted Troposphere Programme
Article: Pollution: from city streets to global atmosphere
Article: Monitoring arsenic contamination in Latin America
Meeting Report: Indoor air quality
Distinguished guest lecture 2007 meeting report: Environmental Chemistry in the Polar Regions
2007 DGL article: Frozen in time: the chemistry of polar ice cores
2007 DGL article: The surprising polar troposphere
2007 DGL article: Primary productivity in Antarctic coastal waters
Article: Air quality and climate: Polluted Troposphere Programme
Article: Pollution: from city streets to global atmosphere
Article: Monitoring arsenic contamination in Latin America
Meeting Report: Indoor air quality
Distinguished guest lecture 2007 meeting report: Environmental Chemistry in the Polar Regions
2007 DGL article: Frozen in time: the chemistry of polar ice cores
2007 DGL article: The surprising polar troposphere
2007 DGL article: Primary productivity in Antarctic coastal waters
ECG Bulletin January 2007
Article: The measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Article: Climate change, methane and ozone
Article: Fenceline monitoring: perils and pitfalls
Meeting Report: Converting carbon dioxide into chemicals
Meeting Report: The Investigation of Air Pollution Standing Conference
Distinguished guest lecture 2006 meeting report: The impact of climate change on air quality
2006 DGL article: Interactions between air quality and climate change
2006 DGL article: Calculated tropospheric ozone changes between 2000 and 2100: the impact of climate change
Article: The measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Article: Climate change, methane and ozone
Article: Fenceline monitoring: perils and pitfalls
Meeting Report: Converting carbon dioxide into chemicals
Meeting Report: The Investigation of Air Pollution Standing Conference
Distinguished guest lecture 2006 meeting report: The impact of climate change on air quality
2006 DGL article: Interactions between air quality and climate change
2006 DGL article: Calculated tropospheric ozone changes between 2000 and 2100: the impact of climate change
ECG Bulletin July 2006
Article: Arsenic speciation in the environment
Article: Arsenic speciation in the environment
ECG Bulletin July 2005
Distinguished guest lecture 2006 meeting report: Metals in the environment: estimation, health impacts and toxicology (Jane Plant)
Article: Global warming: the physical chemistry
Distinguished guest lecture 2006 meeting report: Metals in the environment: estimation, health impacts and toxicology (Jane Plant)
Article: Global warming: the physical chemistry
ECG Bulletin July 2004
Distinguished guest lecture 2004 meeting report: Environmental Chemistry from Space (John Burrows)
Distinguished guest lecture 2004 meeting report: Environmental Chemistry from Space (John Burrows)
ECG Bulletin July 2001
Distinguished guest lecture 2001: PVC and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment
2001 DGL article: What’s so wrong with PVC?
2001 DGL article: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
2001 DGL article: Degradation of xenobiotics: soil surfaces and biofilms and their relevance to bioavailability and bioremediation
Distinguished guest lecture 2001: PVC and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment
2001 DGL article: What’s so wrong with PVC?
2001 DGL article: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
2001 DGL article: Degradation of xenobiotics: soil surfaces and biofilms and their relevance to bioavailability and bioremediation
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