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Top 25 global PR companies refuse to work with climate change sceptics

A number of the world's top 25 PR companies have introduced a boycott of organisations that deny climate change.

It is a move that will further emphasize the urgency to admit to a growing p...

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150 tonnes of hazardous material spilled in Essex

A company in Essex has been fined after four chemical storage tanks failed, and spilled around 150 tonnes of hazardous material.

Industrial Chemicals Limited was responsible for the acciden...

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Unsafe scaffold collapses in street

A company in Cambridgeshire and its Directors have been prosecuted in result of an unsafe scaffold collapsing into a street in Stretham.

This occurred on 18 April 2013 only three days after...

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Luxury cruise line is to offer chance to see global warming in action through Arctic

A US luxury cruise operator has announced it will offer a cruise to experience the environmental decay of the Arctic. This will only contribute in worsening the state of the Arctic as the mode of t...

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Sainsbury's claim they can make new crates from 100% recycled material

Sainsbury’s supermarket is claiming that it is to use food crates produced from 100% recycled old food crates, supplied by Schoeller Allibert.

It is claimed by Schoeller Allibert and Sainsb...

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Diesels face proposed London congestion charge

Reports have emerged that London Mayor, Boris Johnson, is pushing for a charge of up to £10 for diesel cars driving in the centre of London.

The charge will be additional to the existing £1...

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Lincolnshire poultry firm and four contractors fined

GW Padley Poultry Ltd and four of its contractors have been fined for repetitive safety failings when workers were caught on a roof without taking the proper safety precautions.

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Fracking in UK national parks permitted in exceptional circumstances

Ministers have approved the development of fracking across Britain which allows drilling in exceptional circumstances in national parks and other protected areas.

This comes after appeals f...

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Australia votes to revoke carbon tax

Australian politicians have voted to revoke a levy placed against the largest polluters in the country.

Since it was implemented in July 2012, the tax saw that the top 348 polluters were ch...

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MPs call to ban food waste in landfills

According to recent Government figures, up to 8.5 million tonnes of local authority-collected waste in England is sent to landfills.

The damning figures have caused...

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British firm one of many to secure deep sea mining licenses

The BBC have reported that deep sea mining licenses have been issued by the UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA).

In a move that has divided opinions, the licenses grant access to prev...

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UK Carbon Budget will stay the same after review

Liberal Democrat energy secretary, Ed Davey, confirmed on Tuesday that targets for the UK’s carbon budget for the next decade will remain the same despite attempts from George Osborne to lower them...

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One in six construction sites need health and safety improvements

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has undertaken a national targeted inspection focussing on health risks for construction workers. One sixth of the sites visited requir...

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Supermarket powered by food waste

A Sainsbury’s in the West Midlands will be the first to try out a new system to run on electricity created from anaerobic digestion. This will be powered solely by food waste.

Biffa have wo...

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UK power stations some of the most polluting in EU

Environmental campaigners, the Climate Action Network, have compiled a list of the EU’s 30 most polluting coal-fired power stations of which the UK and whilst Germany lead, nine of the top 30 power...

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