Time in Tbilisi: March 29, 2024 16:38
The National Environment Agency of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture has installed a new air monitoring station in Rustavi today.
The station measures volumes of carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx, NO, NO2) sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) and different dust compositions in the atmospheric air.
The collected data will be updated on a new portal recently launched by the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture http://air.gov.ge.
Nine automatic stations will operate in Georgia from now on.
Air quality standards improvement is one of the commitments taken on by Georgia in the EU-Georgia Association Agreement signed in June 2014.
The latest and most reliable information on air conditions across Georgia is now available online.
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has presented the government’s plans to deal with air pollution in the country.
Tests conducted by the National Environmental Agency (NEA) on 21 January show the concentration of four pollutants in the atmosphere in Tbilisi, Batumi, and Kutaisi to be within normal levels, except for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and solid particle (PM10) concentrations.
Georgia is improving air quality monitoring to ensure that air quality throughout the country meets European standards.
Georgian Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili has revealed his office’s plans for 2019 while delivering a speech at the Parliament of Georgia.
The lead level in children’s blood and water quality were the main topics of the Intersectoral Coordination Council session headed by Georgian PM Mamuka Bakhtadze on March 26.
The Georgian Health Ministry will create a programme to help children with high lead levels in their blood and will also provide a long-term plan to combat the problem, head of the National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has opened a new clinic called Jerarsi in Tbilisi. Bakhtadze said more than 40 million GEL about $14,897,578.80/€13,265,995.97) was invested in the clinic.
The government of Italy has allocated €2 million to help Georgia purchase new stations to monitor atmospheric air quality and to study the risks of natural threats in the capital city of Tbilisi, announces the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia.
Georgia is working on a new bill to ensure access to public information about atmospheric air quality. The bill ‘On the protection of atmospheric air”, that will be presented at today’s meeting of the parliament
A new, fifth air quality monitoring station has been installed on Agmashenebeli Avenue, on Ilia Square, in Tbilisi that will provide information on atmospheric air quality 24 hours a day.
The Environmental Supervision Department of Georgia has launched a fuel quality monitoring programme in the country. 120 samples of fuel will be taken from fuel stations around the country without prior notice to gas station employees.
More than 400 public and private services are accessible for Georgia’s citizens through the Unified Portal of Electronic Services - My.gov.ge.
Air pollutant levels from 25 cities of Georgia will be analyzed in the UK, reports the National Environmental Agency (NEA). The agency has launched the 19th phase of atmospheric air measurements, which will determine the level of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and benzene in the air.
About 14,000 tonnes of dust is emitted in Rustavi annually, which should be reduced to 2,000 tonnes, said Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili earlier today, noting that the government approved an air quality management plan for Rustavi today.