A pumping station to be built at a former colliery in Sunderland has been labelled as a "quick-fix remedy" by an environmental campaigner.
The Coal Authority wants to build a pumping statio...
Engineers have often been challenged as to how we might store energy. However, they may have come up with an effective solution - liquid air.
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)...
R&R Ice Cream Ltd, an ice cream manufacturer in Leeming Bar, Yorkshire, has been successfully prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after one of its workers br...
A County Down tyre recycling business, OM Recycling Ltd, has this week been subject to a £120,000 confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 at Newry Crown Court, in relation to a seri...
A ground breaking initiative designed to improve the environmental performance of the construction industry in Northern Ireland was launched this week by Environment Minister Alex Attwood.
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Wales have already implemented it, Northern Ireland will be implementing it next year, Scotland are consulting on it, and now it seems that many in England would favour a 5p charge for each single-...
Health and safety law is often used as an excuse to ban or prohibit certain activities, none more so than activities involving children.
Many provocative headlines have been produced reinfo...
The snack that purports to be light and curly has caused a worker to break his leg when a 400 kilogramme block of compacted Quavers waste fell on them.
Lincoln Magistrates' Court was told t...
One of the largest egg producers in the UK has been ordered to pay £65,000, as well as costs of £9,500, for operating five sites across England without the required environmental permits.
L...
The Badger Trust, which launched an appeal against Government proposals to kill thousands of wild badgers in England, has lost its court battle. Badger culling was proposed in order to eradicate th...
The green credentials of Pope Benedict XVI were increased yet again when he received an electric car to use within the grounds of the Vatican and his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
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Plans to exempt thousands of businesses from health and safety inspections are set to be announced by ministers. New rules will be introduced in 2013, meaning checks will no longer be routinely car...
Norwegian scientists have issued a warning about the rate that Arctic ice is now melting. They say that the rate of melting is part of an accelerating trend with profound implications.
The...
The Environment Agency, the Nature Locator team at the University of Bristol and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have joined forces to help combat the spread of the UK'...
Opencast mining is an industry that has long caused environmental problems. The scarring left by the mining is often unsightly and measures to restore the land once it is finished with can often be...
