A Government planning inspector has backed plans to build 1000 homes (800 home and 200 home developments) on land in between Abingdon and Radley. The land has been designated as greenbelt land in t...
MEPs claim that a post-Brexit Government should respect a new EU deal designed to halve the number of premature deaths from air pollution.
The draft Directive sets national limits for emiss...
The Climate Change Committee has issued a report that says climate change could have an effect on infrastructur...
New research, led by Durham University's Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences in partnership with the RSPB and the United States Geological Survey, has shown that populations of th...
According to a YouGov poll, 76% of people want clean air zones to bring their cities in line with European Standards after around 40,000 Britons die prematurely every year from exposure to pollutan...
Happy birthday to the Clean Air Act 1956!
Largely recognised as one of the most significant pieces of legislation introduced in this country, the
The NHS has outlined plans to create communities focused on "healthy living" designed to make children "feel happy to walk around all day" and to tackle obesity.
Simon Stevens, NHS England...
The six pack - a group of Regulations dating from January 1992 - are the Workplace (Health, Safety, Welfare) Regulations SI 1992/3004 Management of Health and Safety at Work...
Simon Colvin, partner and head of the environment team at Weightmans, said that the circular economy package would have been a huge opportunity over the next 5-15 years, speaking at an IEMA webinar...
Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council, and West Devon Borough Council are working together to compose and produce a proposed Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan.
The...
Communities Secretary Greg Clark has refused a proposed 2.2 hectare development in Ravenswood which goes against the recommendation of a planning inspector after a call-in.
The proposal con...
Ex-London mayor and (now ex) Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson has said that a withdrawal from the European Union gives the UK the "glorious opportunity to set its own laws."
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Researchers have found that the 'hole' in the ozone layer above Antarctica is beginning to heal. The study found that in September 2015, the hole was around 4 million square kilometres smaller than...
The Government has set the Fifth Carbon Budget which will cut carbon emissions by 57% by 2032. This announcement comes at a time when big governmental cuts in subsidies for renewable energy have be...
On Tuesday 28 June the European Council are set to have their first informal meeting to discuss the leave result of the UK referendum on EU membership.
This will be...
