A fire in East London has been brought under control, according to the London Fire Brigade.
During a period of strikes by firefighters, the timing has been crucial for the waste transfer st...
China is to waive the purchase tax applicable to new cars when buying electric or other "new energy" vehicles.
The move comes as mounting pressure builds for China and other world leading c...
The Wildlife Trusts have responded to the Government's reaction to a report by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) on the...
By 2016, the Chinese government are to have 30% of their overall vehicle purchases electric or "new energy".
It follows the announcement that new electric vehicles in China are to be purcha...
China has emerged as a leading producer for exported goods, but that accolade which has earned them billions has provided what could be a lasting impact on their local environments.
Factori...
The amount of money needed to “offset” the impact of the Great Barrier Reef dredging has been estimated at around $1bn. This is $998m more than was first estimated.
Huge uncertainty has ari...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Fee for Intervention (FFI) Scheme fees can now be offset against corporation tax, according to the HM Revenue and C...
A scheme of shared electric cars in Paris will be introduced in London from March 2015.
The scheme in Paris, operated as Autolib' by BlueSolutions, sees a fleet of electric cars , known as...
The European Court of Justice has been told that London, Leeds and Birmingham could miss their air quality targets in 2030. Since 2010, the UK has been exceeding limits on nitrogen dioxide pollutio...
Turfgrass Services International Ltd has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) because of breaches of the Health and Safety at Work et...
A part of the Amazon rainforest, considered one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, has become an approved site for oil drilling. This could begin in less than a year, after Ecuador has sig...
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is 40 years old this summer!
To remind readers, this Act was implemented in the summer of 1974 and has...
NASA will launch the satellite OCO-2, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, a second attempt at such a satellite since the doomed 2009 launch of 0C0.
The satellite, scheduled for launch at 10:56 B...
Statistics published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) reveal that in the first three months of this year, a surprising one fifth of electricity in Brita...
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Professor Martin Bigg has been awarded Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) of the Year by the Society for the Environment (SocEnv). He is currently Chair of the Institute of Envi...
