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Badgers badgered over TB

In 2013 the Government began a much contested and controversial trial badger cull as a response to the threat posed by bovine TB to Britain's cattle. However, the trial failed to meet its targets a...

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Sydney's plastic pollution at 'alarming' rates

'Alarming' levels of plastic pollution are being detected in the Sydney, Australia, harbour area.

The new damning research comes after weeks of Australian environmental policies hitting the...

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Dairy farm fined after worker sustains serious injuries in fall

A County Durham dairy has been fined after a worker fell from a loading bay and sustained serious injuries.

The worker, Simon Atkinson, 41, was hospitalised for nine days with injuries incl...

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Unannounced safety checks to be carried out at construction sites in Northern Ireland

Similar to the unannounced visits to construction sites by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at the beginning of this year, the Health and Safety Exe...

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Study finds humans as driving cause of glaciers melting

Within the past 20 years, the amount of glacier melting as a result of human activity has soared. This information has become available after a study was conducted by the University of Innsbruck in...

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Green economy creates jobs

In an article published, the Environmentalist highlights the benefits of "better use of resources" in a study undertaken by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

"I...

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Northern England nuclear reactors shut down after fault discovered

EDF Energy have announced the temporary shut down of four nuclear reactors, two in Hartlepool and two in Lancashire.

The "conservative decision" taken by EDF Energy will see a reduction in...

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Gas supplier prosecuted after acetylene incident

A worker was seriously injured in an accident whilst handling acetylene, with two more suffering lesser injuries.

Acetylene is highly unstable when in it's natural gas state, and exploded w...

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HSE offers planning advice

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as a statutory consultee in the town planning process, offers land use planning advice to local planning authoriti...

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Newcastle's monumental disco soup

A partnership of organisations and businesses in Newcastle-upon-Tyne who are committed to promoting healthier and more sustainable ways of growing, harvesting, buying, cooking, eating and wasting f...

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Top tips for becoming an environmentally friendly organisation

The Guardian has published an article with Glyndebourne festival, discussing the festival becoming the very first to be powered by renewable energy, after installing a 67 metre wind turbine.

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Agency quashes edoc myths

The Environment Agency launched the electronic duty of care (edoc) system in January as an alternative to the paper waste transfer note. As records of waste transfers can be...

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Mind the gap down under

The instruction of "mind the gap" is something that has become synonymous with the London Underground. A man in Australia, however, has shown exactly why this is so important after, when trying to...

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ISO14001:2015 revision survey results

Many thanks to all who contributed to our recent poll on the new ISO 14001:2015 revision. The responses were very insightful, and the number of respondents has greatly exceeded our previous surveys...

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IPCC reports supported by Energy and Climate Change Committee

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientists, as part of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, have concluded a report that climate change is "almost certa...

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