
The newly appointed Secretary of State for Energy, Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, has set out his priorities for the department following his appointment on 5 July 2024.
In his message...

The new Labour administration has reiterated its plans to legislate on a broad range of employment law in their first 100 days in government, that will have implications for employees health and sa...

Data collected from Copernicus Climate Change Service, a scientific organisation under the scope of the EU space programme, has shown that June 2024 was the warmest June recorded globally.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that longstanding restrictions on onshore wind farms in England will be lifted.
The new Labour Government intend to overhaul the N...

On 22 May 2024, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election and Parliament was subsequently dissolved. Following several weeks of political campaigning, leafleting and debating, Lab...

The Scottish government have voted unanimously to pass the Circular Economy Bill.
First proposed in 2023, the Bill set...

A new study undertaken by environmental organisation Resolve, has found that protecting 1.2% of the Earth’s surface for nature would be enough to prevent the extinction of the world’s m...

Research from Ethical Consumer has found that more than 80% of the 27 companies they investigated are still using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in their products. PFAs, also known as f...

Between April 2019 and September 2020, Jeff Lane illegally felled over eight hectares of native woodland in the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) near Swansea.
In April 2022 h...

As election fever sweeps the country, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) have published their 'Planifesto' for 2024.
They are calling on all political parties to realise the economic,...

A 75 year old man was killed after a cow escaped from a livestock market in Wales.
Father-of-two Huw Evans was knocked down and trampled by a cow that was being auctioned at a livestock mar...

BAM Nuttall Ltd, a construction company, has been fined £2.345 million after a worker drowned in the River Aire. Gary Webster died two days after drowning in the the river on the 30 October 2...

Sustainable construction company, Human Nature, which was founded by former Greenpeace directors, have been granted planning permission for a new development in East Sussex.
'The Phoenix Pr...

Plans have been unveiled by Enfinium, the UK’s largest energy-from-waste operator, that they will install the UK's first pilot carbon capture storage (CCS) system at one of their energy-from-...

Mission 2025 - a coalition of some of the world's major companies and financial institutions, cities and regions are calling on global governments to enhance their climate goals before February 202...