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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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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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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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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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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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