Air Quality Bulletin No. 68 December 2011

AIR QUALITYBULLETINDDeecceemmbbeerr 22001111 IIssssuuee 6688 CAMPAIGNING IN BRIEF Epuk. End of an era Environmental Protection UK is to close. All staff are to be made redundant from the Brighton based organisation, the UK’s oldest environmental... More

AIR QUALITYBULLETINDDeecceemmbbeerr 22001111 IIssssuuee 6688 CAMPAIGNING IN BRIEF Epuk. End of an era Environmental Protection UK is to close. All staff are to be made redundant from the Brighton based organisation, the UK’s oldest environmental charity (113 years old). Epuk boss James Grugeon and trustees are currently consulting membership, other charities and corporates in an attempt to salvage something from the closure, which will come at the end of the financial year (March 2012). It is possible that current committee members and regional representatives could continue some key functions entirely in voluntary form. Particularly valued are policy, air quality guidelines, the pollution control handbook and until recently, conferences. Epuk has been cutting its cloth in recent months and it was no secret that funding was tight, however the speed of the closure has taken many by surprise. Warning signs were fewer conferences with increasi Less