Ammonia emissions rise in UK, as other air pollutant levels fall
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3FYZB)
Levels of powerful air pollutant rose by 3.2% from 2015 to 2016 according to government statistics
Emissions of ammonia have been on the rise in the UK, new statistics from the government show, even while the amount of other pollutants entering the atmosphere has fallen.
Levels of the powerful air pollutant rose by 3.2% from 2015 to 2016, the latest year for which statistics are available, according to a report published by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Thursday morning. The rise came despite an overall fall of 10% in ammonia emissions since 1980.
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