The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has responded to the Government's Consultation on permitted development for shale gas exploration. They have responded to the Consultation as an "abuse" to...
Iceland's Christmas advert for television has been banned by Clearcast, the body responsible for vetting adverts before they are broadcast, as there are fears it is too political.
The adver...
New evidence provided in a study carried out by the United Nations called "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018" shows that the ozone layer is showing signs of continuing recovery from ma...
By the middle of the century, British summers could be powered entirely by clean energy, without "breaking the energy market", according to a report.
The report aims to answer the burning q...
This week the Independent Review of Build Out: Final Report by Sir Oliver Letwin MP was published. In the draft analysis published in June, Letwin had focused on the issue of the build out rate of...
Virgin Trains have been criticised this month over a health and safety policy which insists hot drinks bought on its trains must be put in a paper bag before passengers can take them back to their...
The non-profit health insurer BHSF Limited submitted the results from its survey this month on 897 UK employees who work at least two days a week from home. The survey found that one in five employ...
This month the Environment Agency published its Regulating for People, the Environment and Growth (RPEG) report. The report sets out the regulatory performance of businesses...
An appeal relating to the proposed development of a three-storey block of flats has been dismissed by an inspector, mainly due to a concern that the flats would not fit in with the surrounding area...
Woodlands Homecare Ltd was sentenced last week for safety breaches after a worker was killed. Leeds Magistrates Court heard how on the 23 July 2012, the worker was pushing a trolley when he was str...
Steve Ogier from Guernsey applied for planning permission to build a single-storey eco-home on a plot of land approximately 150ft by 50ft. He was told that permission would be refused as the l...
Scottish Power has completed a deal with Drax Group to sell a portfolio of their assets which include gas, hydro and biomass stations, worth £702 million, leaving the company generating...
The plastics recycling industry is facing an investigation into suspected widespread abuse and fraud within the export system, and there are concerns that the world is about to close the door on UK...
The Environment Agency have stressed that waste crime is becoming a lot more organised, with the same amount of illegal sites opening as it closes.
The comments...
Following three years of research and a week of debate between scientists and Government officials, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a report on the impact of global warming...
