The Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the future of the natural environment after the EU Referendum.
The Environmental Audit Committee agreed before the summer rece...
A Trades Union Congress (TUC) study has revealed that stress at work has reached a record high, and is now one of the top health and safety concerns across UK workplaces.
In their 11th bien...
In a landmark ruling for the UK shale gas industry, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans for horizontal fracking at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton in Lanc...
According to an IEMA article, the EEF have reported that manufacturers are concerned about the cost and disruption of replacing EU environmental legislation when the UK leaves the EU.
The t...
Communities secretary, Sajid Javid announced a £3 billion home builders fund at the Conservative party conference which is aimed at building more than 225,000 new homes.
Both Javid and Chan...
A planning application to drill two exploratory shale wells in north Nottinghamshire is thought to go ahead, officials have said.
It has been confirmed in a large document by planning offic...
Billionaire property developer Christian Candy's application to create a private garden for his Regent’s Park mansion in central London from a road running alongside the property have been thr...
A manufacturing company based in Hemel Hempstead has been fined £1 million after a worker was crushed to death by falling machinery.
The incident occurred on 30 April 2015, when Mr Colin Re...
Network Rail received a £4 million fine after ignoring warnings to improve safety at a level crossing where an 82 year old woman was killed.
In 2011, Olive McFarland was hit by a train trav...
Merlin Attractions, owners of Alton Towers, have been fined £5 million following a lengthy sentencing.
The sentencing trial itself began on 26 September 2016 and concluded on the following...
The Action Group, a limited company providing housing support services for vulnerable adults and children, has been sentenced after a service user was burnt at one of it's properties.
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Waste crime has been described as the "new narcotics", according to Sir James Bevan, head of the Environment Agency.
Illegal waste activity costs England £1 billion...
An application for an opencast coal mine in Northumberland has been 'called in' by the Government on climate grounds.
The proposals by Banks Mining for a surface mine for coal, sa...
MPs have warned that the UK will fail to meet it's targets on renewable energy generation, with the take up of clean fuels for heating and transport falling badly behind it's aims.
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Valero Energy UK Limited has been fined £400,000 following a serious accident at its Pembroke Refinery.
On 5 March 2012, the Berth 6 tower walkway which provided gangway access to a station...
