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Prime Minister advised to prioritise a Resources and Waste Strategy

There has been a clear influx of responses on the published 'Resources and Waste Strategy' which demonstrates a clear direction that the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson nee...

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Scotland recommends introducing disposable cup charge

A panel that reports to the Scottish Government has recommended a charge for single-use coffee cups to attempt to encourage the use of more reusable cups.

The Expert Panel on Environmental...

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2019 to be record year for air travel carbon emissions

2019 is forecast to be a record-breaking year for air travel, and as such dramatic increases of CO2 emissions will equally occur. 

Taking a long haul flight (more than 3 hou...

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Challenge in court for release of non-native game birds into UK

A new crowdfunded campaign is challenging in court the industry's plans to release an estimated 50 million non-native pheasants and partridges into the British countryside each year. The campaign i...

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£680 million of UK foreign aid spent on fossil fuel projects

The UK government has spent £680 million of its foreign aid budget on fossil fuel projects since 2010, analysis says.

The analysis highlights the UK's failure to align diplomatic, tra...

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Tulip building rejected

If you've visited London recently, you'll have noticed the buildings are getting higher and ever more ambitious and modern. In recent years we've seen the development of the Shard, the Gherkin, the...

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Environmental damage of tourism comes under MPs' spotlight

Holidaymakers' responsibility for foul beaches, overcrowding, traffic, aeroplane emissions and other environmental impacts will come under parliamentary scrutiny.

An inquiry into the enviro...

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Delays to safety reforms 'risk a repeat of Grenfell disaster'

A cross-party group of MPs have warned that Ministers are risking people's lives because safety reforms after the Grenfell Tower disaster have been too slow and "simply not good enough".

Ov...

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£1 million fine after man killed on trainline

A fine of £1 million (with extra costs of £52,267) has been administered to Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd (GTR) after being convicted for the offence under the 

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Genetic fixes released for the climate crisis

There are many different possibilities and methods of changing the outcome of climate change, not least ones that we can help with ourselves. It is released now, however, that there is a wide range...

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Health and Climate crises are the true cost of cheap food

A high-level commission has released that the true cost of cheap, unhealthy food is one of a spiralling public health crisis and of environmental destruction.

They have stated that the UK's...

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Traffic blocked in five UK cities due to environmental protests

A series of demonstrations across the UK has left traffic disrupted in protest of various environmental issues on 15 July 2019.

Extinction Rebellion, the environmental activist group, has c...

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All new homes to contain Electric car charging points by law

Under new Government plans, all newly built houses are to be fitted with an electric car charge point - by law. 

This new proposal plans to support and encourage the uptake of vehicles...

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No light? No problem!

It is difficult to imagine a building without any natural light. Watch any television programme about home development and renovation and you'll see interior designers constantly seem to be making...

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Over half a million fine for worker's punctured lung

Lanes Group has been fined for £500,000 following fall from a ladder of an employee whilst cutting back vegetation in Brent Cross viaduct in London. 

The company, that provi...

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