National Pollutant Inventory results show an increase in several air pollutant emissions from industry in recent years, reflecting increased demand in commodities. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-27.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in industrial air pollutant emissions based on National Pollutant Inventory results
- Modeling the relationship between commodity demand and pollutant levels based on the description
- Assessing environmental performance of industrial sectors based on reported emission data
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the authoritative National Pollutant Inventory (NPI)
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
- Last updated on 2026-05-27 14:12:55.109643
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from industry reports to the National Pollutant Inventory.
- Time Range
- Recent years (specific range not stated)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:12:55.109643; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Australia (implied by National Pollutant Inventory and data_gov_au platform)