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China emissions progress

According to a new report from the London School of Economics, greenhouse gas emissions from China could begin to drop within the next ten yeas, five years earlier than expected.

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Tesco to give edible food waste to charity

In some of the more positive news doing the rounds about Tesco, the supermarket giant is in the process of launching a scheme that will see tonnes of surplus food being donated to charities.

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Newcastle-based Nestle UK achieves Zero Waste to Landfill!

Nestle UK and Ireland's Fawdon-based factory has achieved Zero Waste to Landfill by diverting waste to anaerobic digestion (AD).

The confectioner opened the on-site AD plant in 2014, a...

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Local pub's cracking health and safety policies scrambled by Mythbusters

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Mythbuster panel have uncovered a bad egg in a local pub.

When they requested that a fried egg was replaced with scrambl...

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Serious safety dangers leads to fines for recycling company

A South Yorkshire metal recycling company, C F Booth Ltd, has been fined after injuries to a worker in December 2013.

25-year-old Ryan Jackson had his arm broken in three places, a cracked...

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Tall fines for unsafe work at height for Lancashire company

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued fines to KML (Properties) Ltd. for unsafe work at height practices from employees.

Whilst on a site visit to the co...

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Legionnaire's disease outbreak in North East

An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in the North East of England has led to health warning issued to those living in the area of the supposed source, a South Tyneside factory, Faltec Ltd.

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England's top wildlife sites threatened

Reports of risks to England's top wildlife sites from pollution, invasive species and inappropriate grazing.

The claims came in a publication as part of Natural England's project...

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France ban destruction of edible food in supermarkets

France's National Assembly has voted unanimously to make destruction of edible food in supermarkets illegal.

Instead of disposing of edible food that has not sold in-store, supermarket...

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Bus Hound sniffs out record

The "Bus Hound", a bus owned by Reading Buses, has set a land speed record for a regular bus by reaching speeds of 77mph. This record is all the more impressive if you consider that it runs entirel...

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Record high for CO2

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that global carbon dioxide concentrations have now reached a new monthly record.

Carbon dioxide levels are at 400...

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Pirelli fined following factory death

Pirelli Tyres has been fined £150,000 and ordered to pay £46,706 in costs having pleaded guilty to a breach of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Pirelli was prose...

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Picking apart the party policies: Liberal Democrats

The manifestos have been released and with them an outline of what to expect for several key industries and sectors should any of the parties be elected.

With that in mind, the health and s...

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Picking apart the party policies: SNP

The manifestos have been released and with them an outline of what to expect for several key industries and sectors should any of the parties be elected.

With that in mind, the health and s...

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UK Supreme Court to Government: Take action on air pollution, now!

UK Supreme Court Justices have told the Government it must produce new action plans to cut down illegal air pollution levels by the end of the year.

Speaking in the unanimous decision, the...

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