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Scottish Environment Protection Agency concerned about power station air pollution
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has voiced concern about increased air pollution from power station's north of the border.
In its latest annual report, Sepa sounded the alarm over increased emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a contributor to acid rain, as a result of greater electricity production from Scottish coal-fired power stations.
The report, for 2007, noted that although emissions of nitrogen oxides in 2007 were 22 per cent down on 2006 they were 23 per cent higher than in 2005.
Said the agency: "Given recent trends in oil and gas prices it is possible that emissions may even rise over the next couple of years."
On the water front, Sepa reported that it met its target of reducing the amount of poor or seriously polluted rivers by at least 30 per cent compared with the position in 2006.
However, the agency recorded that its aspirations for improvement in estuarial waters were not met. "We did not achieve the target of reducing the area of unsatisfactory or seriously polluted estuaries by at least 20 per cent," said the report.
The agency also said there were significant failures of bathing water standards because summer 2007 was particularly wet.
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