All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution (APPG) is an organization in the United Kingdom made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) and their peers who work together to promote measures to tackle poor air quality.
n May 29, 2020, the APPG launched its Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection to keep air pollution low and to deliver World Health Organization Air Quality Standards.
The defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood Power Station was built in the 1960s. The plant was known as Australia’s dirtiest power station, responsible for 14% of the state’s total emissions and was shut down in March 2017.
According the The Guardian, eight chimneys were demolished with about 50kg of asbestos in each chimney and about 12 tonnes of concrete. The site will be monitored following the demolition in line with Victorian environment laws.
“There is absolutely no risk that asbestos will be anywhere other than on the ground, and ultimately remediated on site and stored in an approved cell.”
—Ryan Auger, Engie head of corporate affairs in Australia and New Zealand
More than 15,000 of the 90,000 dams listed in the national inventory are designated as having high hazard potential. If they break, the resulting catastrophe is likely to cost lives. If a dam fails catastrophically, huge amounts of sediment can be washed downstream, clouding the water and moving contaminants.
“Dams like that shouldn’t be failing.”
–Mark Ogden, coauthor of an American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card
“They should be properly maintained and upgraded. Unfortunately, in many cases they’re not.”
Source: Popular Science