
The United Nations has called for a push to cut greenhouse gas levels, in an effort to stop climate chaos from occurring. Global emissions are recommended to fall by 7.6% a year to avoid this crisi...

National Grid implemented a new system in East Sussex, that they believe will soon play a vital role in the energy system through the entire 24 hours of the day - a solar farm.
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Campaigners say plastic "bags for life" should be banned or raised in price, as new figures reveal a surge in the bags is fuelling a rise in the plastic packaging footprint of leading supermarkets....

In 2018, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases reached a record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The rise in greenhouse gas levels last year were all...

A Chorley company has been fined after a forklift truck (FLT) overturned on a slope, trapping the driver.
Manchester Magistrates' Court heard that on 1 December 2018, an employee of Stavele...

A blueprint on how Glasgow's city centre will double in size over the next 15 years is due to go out for public consultation next week.
The draft City Centre Living Strategy (CCLS) aims to...

A property management and development organisation has been fined after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).
Aylesbury Crown Court heard that between 2009 and 2014,...

A self-employed roofer has been sentenced after leaving a gas appliance flue in an immediately dangerous condition when he removed a chimney stack from a property in March 2019.
Truro Crown...

National charity Civic Voice has urged all political parties to commit to giving communities a "meaningful voice" at every stage of the planning system.
In its manifesto for the forthcoming...

Plans that include up to 1,495 homes at Salford's Cotton Quay have been lodged with the city council.
If approved, the development would comprise buildings of 37 and 48 storeys in height, a...

Moths are seen to be declining in abundance by near to 10% each continuing decade in Britain, but the remaining ones are growing in average weight, currently seen as double of what it was in 1...

As it aims to deliver more than 22,000 homes, Westminster City Council has approved its chosen development blueprint, the City Plan 2019-2040.
The plan is designed so that they can create:<...

Following a takeover from the coalition by the purely Conservative government, the spending on both trees and forestry fell, by nearly £20 million a year, between 2015 and 2018.
The <...

Recently, scientist's research has discovered that the world's shifting ocean circulation patterns may have triggered a rapid increase in the speed of winds for the past 10 years - since the late 1...

A recent report revealed a risk to the health of occupants in Ireland, and the environment of the country, as report shows repeated delays in the elimination of raw sewage as unacceptable.