The government is inviting views on how to support the redevelopment of brownfield sites, which are previously developed lands that may be contaminated or underutilised.
The initiative is p...
Today (23 September 2024) is the start of International Week of Happiness at Work!
The week began in 2018 to connect people and organisations that consider work happiness important.
An investigation by the Environment Agency into Severn Trent Water revealed that raw sewage from a blocked sewer had been discharged into a brook near Gloucester, impacting...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has outlined its regulatory approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The HSE regulates AI where it imp...
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) decided in 2019 to set an ambitious target for agriculture in England and Wales to reach net-zero by 2040, 10 years before the national net-zero target of 2050 as...
The UK Government is introducing new legislation aimed at holding water company executives accountable for sewage pollution. Under the Water (Special Measures) Bill, water b...
In November 2023, the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations SI 2014/1643 (ESOS) were amended in order to, amongst other things, introduce a requirement that ESOS par...
The final report on the Grenfell Tower fire, released on 4 September 2024, attributes the tragedy to decades of Government failures and systematic dishonesty by companies involved in the building&r...
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On 2 September 2024, the Ministy for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities published pending updates to:
The UK has reached a milestone in wind energy, with the country's total wind power capacity now exceeding 30 gigawatts (GW).
This achievement comes after the opening of SSE Renewables' Viki...
In 2024, wind farm operators in Scotland received over £205 million in constraint payments to shut down their turbines when electricity wasn’t needed.
These payments, known as c...
There have been several significant developments that have emerged over the last few months that are set to impact the planning sector.
Angela Rayner’s Letter
In 2023, over 40% of the world’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources, with wind and solar contributing nearly 14% of the total.
According to BloombergNEF’s reports, wind a...
Major manufacturers are urging chancellor Rachel Reeves to use her Autumn Budget to tackle a decade of decline in the UK's national infrastructure and to invest more resources into local authority...
Budweiser Budvar UK has been fined £414,000 by the Environment Agency for failing to comply with packaging recycling regulations for 18 years.
The company did...
