A furniture manufacturing company was sentenced this month for failing to prevent exposure to asbestos at its factory in Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
North Tyneside Magistrates heard...
UK Government advisers suggest that new homes should be banned from connecting to the gas grid within six years, to tackle climate change.
They believe:
- new-build homes in th...
A move to improve household appliances is gathering momentum as the EU and a number of US states consider introducing legislation to implement design requirements for those appliances that all...
The National Drought Group (NDG) met on 21 January 2019 chaired by Harvey Bradshaw, Executive Director at the Environment Agency, to assess the water resource situation acti...
The Government have announced plans for a new UK product safety marking regime in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Although still awaiting Parliamentary approval, draft legislation has been p...
An Essex-based builder has been sentenced this month after putting three people at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Colchester Magistrates' Court heard that in June 2017 a builder, tradin...
A refuse company has been fined £1 million this month after a worker was run over and killed.
Canterbury Crown Court heard how in October 2013 an employee of a waste company,&nbs...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have submitted a proposal to restrict the use of microplastics that are intentionally added to mixtures used by consumers and profe...
Despite fracking failing to get started at a gas well in the North of England, company's lorries, police vehicles and protesters' wood fires have combined to drive up air pollution levels near the...
The National Audit Office (NAO) has said British taxpayers face a £24 billion bill for tax relief awarded to oil and gas companies removing hundreds of North Sea wells, rigs and pipelines.
A study undertaken by the London Green Belt Council has found developers are threatening London's green belt land, with five out of six local authorities planning to build on protected land.
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Bristol City Council in partnership with Plymouth and Devon Councils have been granted €1.9 million by the European Investment Bank and the European Commission for...
Met Office forecasts have predicted that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are set to soar through 2019.
Continued deforestation and burning of fossil fuels combined with El Niño-...
A London-based construction company was sentenced this month for safety breaches after a worker was killed.
In November 2015 an employee from Formation Construction Limited was using a conc...
Two companies have been sentenced this month following the death of a five-year-old girl who became trapped while using a lift at home in Weymouth.
The family moved into the property in 200...
