Should the proposed planning and designation regime changes being considered in Wales actually go ahead, the national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) in Wales risk forfeiting t...
A claim for judicial review regarding powers of entry to carry out flood works by the Environment Agency (EA) has been dismissed, in the case of R. (on the application o...
Product design company Tochi Tech Ltd has been working with a team at Nottingham Trent University to find solutions to manufacturing common appliances. One of the products they have devised could s...
In the ten year period between 2007 and 2016, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) reported that 520 people were killed in work-related accidents and many thousands more were severely injured in I...
The Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2017 came into operation in Ireland on 11 July 2017 and amends the Inland Fisheries Act 2010. The Act aims to resolve an issue that came to light in February 20...
In a bid to improve the UK's energy efficiency, help establish a framework for the mass use of electric vehicles and reduce the reliance on fossil fuels, Greg Clark, the Secretary of State for...
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet adds approximately 1mm a year to global ocean levels. Now scientists are increasingly concerned that the ice sheet could melt quicker than before due to warme...
The Environment Agency (EA) have reported a rise in the number of water pollution incidents. In 2016 the number of incidents rose by 160 to a total of 1902.
A study...
In a move hailed as an indicator that the oceans are the next avenue of energy generation, a £200 million floating windfarm is ready to be towed to the mooring post off the north east coast of Scot...
Leading safety bodies and Health and Safety practitioners, in light of recent Grenfell Tower fire, committed to a joint call on the UK Government to halt deregulation of health and safety legislati...
A claim for a judicial review into the Government's policy for nationally significant hazardous waste infrastructure has been dismissed in the case of R. (on the application of Scarisbrick...
Air pollution is becoming an increasing problem, as some of Britain's biggest cities knows all too well. In response to high pollution levels in China, the Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning...
A contractor based in the North East has been fined after failings in their working at height rescue planning, following the death of an employee.
Plymouth Magistrates heard that the employ...
A legal challenge against the Secretary of State's decision to grant planning permission for the construction and operation of an exploratory site for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has be...
The National Audit Office (NAO) have released a condemning report on Hinkley Point C (HPC), stating the contract between Government ministers and EDF to construct an atomic reactor would provide "u...
