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...
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...
Supermarket giants Tesco have been fined £8 million for polluting a river with around 23,500 litres of unleaded petrol in 29 hours.
Tesco pleaded guilty to the pollution offence, which happ...
A farmer has been fined for pollution caused by a slurry which stretched over 6km through a town, and as it went, killed at least 1,700 fish in a nearby river.
The river in Frome was pollut...
Entries for "The Country Durham Environment Awards" are now open. The awards, which have been running for over 25 years, are to recognise the positive contributions made, by individuals, businesses...
As the number of people who are expected to make the switch from traditional petrol or diesel powered vehicles to cleaner and greener electric vehicles increases, there is a growing concern that Br...
There is a saying "what goes around, comes around". This certainly applies where diesel powered cars are concerned.
Thirty years ago, diesel powered cars (or "oil-burners" as they were ofte...
The horrific events recently seen in London, where a fire at the Grenfell Tower block resulted in multiple fatalities, has led to a number of local authorities in the London area to carry out urgen...
15 June marks the first ever "National Clean Air Day" in the UK. A series of events are planned to be held in several major cities across the country to raise awareness of the issues surrounding ai...
Thames Water have been handed another massive fine, this time £8.5 million.
The fine, the maximum allowed for the offence under the sentencing guidelines, was handed down due to Thames miss...
