IOSH has reported that a waste treatment business that was fined £80,000 after an employee was buried in a pile of waste and asphyxiated, would have had to pay £600,000 if it wasn't in adminis...
Scotland's Court of Appeal has slashed ScottishPower's fine over a scalding incident at the Longannet Power Station from £1.75m to £1.2m, after deciding the original judge had misapplied...
Reports are surfacing that Donald Trump is looking at options to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement.
The agreement, which reached the required amount of ratification on 5 October 2016...
The UK has become the 111th country to officially ratify the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to avoid the destructive effects of climate change by cutting carbon emissions. It is the world'...
500 Chippenham homes have been refused permission on appeal after finding that they would have a negative impact on the landscape, heritage assets and the "identity" of the village. It was felt tha...
Today is World Town Planning Day (WTPD), which also marks the first year anniversary of the launch of Cedrec Planning.
The RTPI is promoting throughout the day on Twitter using the hashtag...
Following the signing and ratification of the Paris Agreement, the deal has came into force in the UK.
The Agreement sees the countries involved work to limit temperature rises to "well bel...
Royal Mail has banned postmen from delivering letters to a particular row of houses in Torfaen.
They have claimed walking on a grass verge has become too dangerous, after a postman complain...
Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has insisted that the UK's environmental goals in areas such as waste will not be "watered down" following the UK's decision to leave the EU.
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The Court of Appeal has lowered a Health and Safety fine of £1.8 million by a massive 70%.
The fine was imposed on a port operator in January over failings that left a worker with a b...
Newly released data on the uptake of the international Environmental Management Systems standard ISO 14001 shows an 8% growth over the last year in the number of certificates issued worldwide.
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Plans to build a controversial third runway at Heathrow have been approved, with Theresa May stating the decision was taken to boost growth and create jobs.
The Department for Transport ann...
German lawmakers have voted to ban combustion-engine cars by 2030, meaning petrol and diesel cars, in an effort to meet emissions targets outlined in the Paris agreement.
Germany's fed...
Building contractor Urban Summit Construction Ltd has been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £29,127 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulati...
A private members' Bill backed by UNISON, that raises the issue of workers' rights post-Brexit, is currently progressing through the House of Commons.
The Bill seeks to address th...
