An integrated, province-wide ambient air monitoring system is fundamental to understanding the state and trends of air quality in Alberta…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Provincial Airsheds and AEMERA working together to enhance air quality monitoring in Alberta
The Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) and the Alberta Airsheds Council (AAC) are collaborating to improve and strengthen air quality monitoring throughout the province. Today, AEMERA and the AAC – which represents Alberta’s nine Airsheds – signed off on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the two parties work together […]
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Measuring Air Quality Over Tailings Ponds
The exploration of oil sands in Northern Alberta generates significant amount of tailings that is stored in tailings ponds over long periods. Fugitive air emissions occur due to evaporation and chemical/biological activities. These emissions include Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Green House Gases (GHG) examples of which include carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
Read ArticleINFO BULLETIN: Alberta’s air quality data warehouse moves to AEMERA
The Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) is launching a new website featuring historic and near real-time air quality data for the entire province of Alberta. The airdata website is a central repository for ambient air quality data collected in Alberta. The site contains archived, historical, quality assured/quality controlled (QA/QC) data. The data […]
Read ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: Online report highlights environmental monitoring in Alberta’s oil sands region
Working together with monitoring organizations and communities in Alberta’s oil sands region, the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) has launched an electronic community report featuring information and findings related to environmental monitoring programs in the oil sands. “Working with communities, industry, scientists and monitoring organizations in the oil sands region, we are […]
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Oil Sands Monitoring Community Report
You have questions about the environment in the oil sands region…and we’re working to find the answers. The Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) is the arm’s length provincial agency created to measure, assess and inform the public on the condition of Alberta’s environment. Our scientists and experts are transforming and improving how […]
Read ArticleINFO BULLETIN: Possible elevated Air Quality Health Index ratings during the holiday season
The holiday season is prime time for High Health Risk air quality conditions to occur. With the snow cover, stagnant weather conditions, and all of our driving to and from holiday festivities, concentrations of fine particulate and nitrogen dioxide can become elevated, particularly in the Capital Region and Calgary. Earlier this week Alberta experienced High […]
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Environment Canada air quality modelling in the oil sands
This week several media outlets have highlighted air quality modelling work conducted by Environment Canada under the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Plan. Specifically, Environment Canada presented two video animations at AEMERA’s February Oil Sands Monitoring Symposium: An animation showing the change in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels over the oil sands region. This is based on […]
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