Researchers believe that the loss of Antarctic ice due to an increase in sea temperatures could lead to sea levels rising by as much as three metres.
Scientists at the University of Edinbur...
ConocoPhillips (UK) Limited, one of the world's largest oil and gas exploration and production companies, has been fined after gas leaks on an offshore platform endangered workers lives.
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A report issued by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) warns that the UK could be facing a 40-55% electricity supply gap by 2025 if the Government continues with its current plans to clos...
Chemical giant Solvay Solutions UK Limited has been fined after a dangerous gas was released into the atmosphere from their Trinity Street site in Oldbury on 2 January 2009. This caused disruption...
Walter Heselwood Limited, a Sheffield based scrap metal recycling company, has been fined after safety failings led to the death of a worker at their recycling site.
Tony Johnson, 55,...
Grimsby has transitioned from a major fishing capital to the renewable capital of energy. The town generates more electricity from solar, wind, biomass and landfill gas than anywhere else in Englan...
An arrest warrant has been issued by a High Court judge for a farmer who failed to comply with an order to demolish his property.
Robert Fidler built a four-bedroomed home at Honeycrock Far...
The Government have confirmed that temporary rules which allow for the conversion of offices into homes are to be made permanent. They will also be extended to allow for office blocks to be demolis...
Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London have been awarded a share of £40 million to promote the use of electric vehicles.
The four cities were named winners of the Go Ultra Low City S...
The decision to scrap a £1 billion prototype Carbon Capture Scheme (CCS) is to be investigated by the National Audit Office (NAO). The cancelled scheme is believed to have cost the taxpayer at leas...
A group of former high-ranking officials and current academics have written a letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Liz Truss, to warn that leaving the EU would...
A building products manufacturer, Stressline Limited, were fined £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,121 after a worker suffered serious cement burns on his first day of work.
The 21-yea...
CP Plastics Limited, a Manchester waste plastic recycling firm, has been fined after an employee’s hand was severed in a granulator machine.
The 50-year-old employee, who has been deaf sinc...
In some saddening environmental news, it is estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish.
It is said that only 5% of plastics are recycled effectively, and one wa...
Clandon Park House in Surrey is to be partially rebuilt by the National Trust following a fire in April 2015 which reduced the Grade I listed building to a shell.
The 18th Century House was...
