The European Union's renewable energy targets for 2020 appear to be within reach whilst the UK is one of only three member states to become more dependent on imported energy in the last decade...
The two owners of Kidderminster based fencing firm Hoo Farm Fencing have been given suspended sentences after a worker was hit by timber posts and frames which fell from a fork lift truck.
Legal and General have asked for a "critical reassessment" of green belt land, claiming that releasing only 1% of green belt land will free up enough land to build one million new homes.
It...
The Scottish Government has released a public consultation over whether to allow unconventional extraction of gas and oil, including fracking to take place in Scotland.
The consultation run...
Network Rail have been fined £800,000 after a worker was struck by a train at 80mph. The fine was handed down by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) after an extensive i...
A Blaydon-on-Tyne engineering firm has been sentenced and fined £40,000 after a worker suffered life changing injuries at work.
The worker was moving an 18 tonne steel roll with lifti...
The Scottish Government have recently published a consultation on proposed changes to the planning system, seeking views on them from the public. The changes include proposa...
The NHS is buying drugs from Indian pharmaceutical companies, which use dirty methods of production increasing the development of "superbugs" - a type of bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Lack of...
"Flooding manifesto" developed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has called for long-term strategic plans from the Government and its agencies to mitigate future flood risk.
The pla...
Transport Minister Andrew Jones has announced £64 million of funds aimed at encouraging more people to cycle and walk to work. It forms part of a wider package of £300 million aimed at boosting wal...
Remediation of a 47-hectare illegal waste dumping site, which would include waste removal, containment and site treatment could cost between £20 million and £100 million, the authorities revealed. ...
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced a £1.4 million fund, which will be matched by the London boroughs involved and Heathrow airport by additional £1.1 million. The aim...
A company PSL Worldwide Projects Ltd from Washington, Tyne and Wear, has been found guilty for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
On 31 Jul...
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders supporting two new oil pipelines, much to the anger of environmentalists. The Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects are designed to carry crud...
Jaguar Land Rover have been fined £900,000 after a worker lost a leg following a car accident at their plant in Solihull.
A Range Rover Sport vehicle was driven toward the start of the prod...
