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Gatwick Airport train station set for £150 million upgrade

The Department for Transport (DfT) is to invest £150 million into upgrading facilities at Gatwick Airport's train station.

The revamp aims to reduce train dela...

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Environment Agency tells water companies to clean up their act

The Environment Agency (EA) published a Report this week calling water company efforts to protect the environment "simply unacceptable", with only one of the major wate...

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Government pledges £37 million to EV charging point infrastructure

The Government have unveiled a £37 million investment into UK engineering to transform the nation's electric vehicle charge point network.

Twelve projects are set to receive a share o...

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Company fined after teenage apprentice overcome by fumes

An alloy wheel refurbishment company was sentenced after a 16-year-old apprentice worker was overcome by vapours from a chemical used in the stripping and cleaning of alloy wheels.

South Ty...

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Yorkshire village faces fracking fear

Jim Ratcliffe, named Britain's richest man by the Sunday Times, is the owner of a petrochemical company that is attempting to overrule a Yorkshire Council in his plans to drill a shale gas well nex...

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Amazon loses football pitch of trees every minute

According to recent satellite data, an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared from the Amazon rainforest every minute by logging corporations.

The forest provides a valuable nat...

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Green Finance Strategy published

Her Majesty's Treasury in conjunction with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) developed a new policy paper to help provide a comprehensive ap...

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Plant trees to save the planet

The key message coming out of new research is that we should be planting trees in order to make a dramatic impact on climate change. The study discovered that the Earth has an area the size of the...

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£23 million to spend on recycling in Northern Ireland

As Northern Ireland's household recycling rates overtake England's for the first time, £23 million is planned to be spent on investments for schemes to make recycling easier in the...

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Gas and Oil firms reclassified as non-renewables on London Stock Exchange

A reclassification of companies on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has diverted Oil and Gas companies to be listed as a 'non-renewable energy' in order to help to distinguish them between heavy pol...

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HSE develops 'Statement of Commitment' to Health and Safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are urging Local Authorities across the country to work with others to improve health and safety standards in the sectors they regulate...

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Pressure within the Conservative party to end onshore wind farm ban

A recent survey found that a growing number the Conservative party voters are pressuring the Government to scrap the block on new wind turbines built on land.

In 2014 David Cameron, then Pr...

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Renewables milestone for the US

New data from the federal Government has shown that the US generated more electricity from renewable sources than coal for the first time in April.

Clean energy like wind and solar provided...

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Ipswich company pays nearly £20,000 to charities after packaging law infringement

An Ipswich packaging company has offered to pay nearly £20,000 to two environmental charities after admitting it had contravened Regulations.

The infringement of the Producer Responsi...

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Masterplan for Heathrow expansion goes out for consultation

Heathrow Airport has published its preferred masterplan for the future layout of the airport, which includes the construction of a third runway.

The masterplan will be out for consulta...

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