The Government's goal of ultra low emission cars making up 9% of cars by 2020 have been predicted to be missed by half that target, in forecasts from the Department for Transport (DfT).
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An application for planning permission for a four megawatt solar farm to be located on the Nottinghamshire green belt has been granted by Gedling Borough Council. The planning committee considering...
Cardiff University is proposing a multi-million pound, five-storey Centre for Student Life. Aimed at being the "heart of the campus", it will include a welcome-point for students and the public, a...
A new study appearing in Nature Communications Journal has suggested that most of the countries in the world actually have little capacity to deal effectively with invasive species. Apparently, one...
Alcohols Limited has been fined £270,000 and ordered to pay costs of £25,009 by Wolverhampton Crown Court having pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at...
A woman in Birmingham spent her life savings of £11,000 on an extension to her semi-detached house, adding pillars, a canopy and metal railings to her property, to be told after completion she did...
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), alongside the Universities of Glasgow and Sheffield, have issued a report about how good planning can deliver sustainable economic growth and housing. Howe...
On 7 August wind turbines in Scotland generated more electricity than was used in the whole of Scotland on a single day.
This was a significant milestone as it was the first time on...
Think tank IPPR North has said that the government should adopt a "pro-business North First" agenda for transport. This would help the country make the most of the economic assets of the north and...
According to MEPs, the latest draft version of the TTIP agreement could sabotage European efforts to save energy and switch to clean power.
A leak of the fourteenth round of the negotiation...
Approval has been granted by North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee for three planning applications for 2,500 homes. Improvements are also to be made to the M181 motorway.
The...
Newcastle University is coordinating a 'Living Architecture' scheme which aims to produce smart bricks. Such bricks will have the ability to recycle waste water and also generate electric...
EDF, the French energy company, have approved the £18 billion Hinkley Point C, and the UK Government must now consider the proposals for the power plant.
EDF will be financing most of the p...
The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks have been extended by 188 square miles following a recommendation from Natural England back in 2009. Following the recom...
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain's workplaces have been released.
The long term trend has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the...
