Super Furry Animals' keyboardist, Cian Ciarán, played his most unusual gig yet as he performed his new solo album to an audience of seven people crowded on to the viewing platform of the 67m-tall t...
It has been reported that the Scottish Government is planning to ban all petrol and diesel cars from its town centres by 2050.
Roger Helmer, UKIP's energy spokesperson, has outlined their energy aims at their party conference. He has expressed the party's desire to see profits from shale gas extraction - known as fracking...
The Scottish Government has approved, and given its funding to, Europe's largest tidal energy project. The technology to be installed in Pentland Firth will generate electricity from ocean waves us...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to unveil plans which will see shoppers being charged 5p for the use of a plastic bag.
The plans are to be announced at the Liberal Democrat annual confe...
Hawaii is often seen as an idyllic holiday destination, a place of sun, sea and sand. However, following a 1,400 tonne treacle spill off the coast, warnings have been issued against swimming as the...
A company based in Kent has been ordered to pay more than £180,000 in fines and costs after a worker was killed by dangerous lifting equipment on a tipper lorry.
The fatal accident occurred...
The traditional red telephone box is not only a structure that has become synonymous with the British image, but it is becoming largely redundant.
As a result, those places with a red telep...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a green paper on biodiversity offsetting. The idea behind offsetting is that if someone plans a...
Zero Waste Week 2013 is upon us!
From 2 to 8 September, Zero Waste Week invites and challenges you to reduce landfill waste, and this year the theme is "use it up". This event aims to encou...
We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Big Eco Show, at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, on 17 October 2013.
The event is the region's third dedicated Big Eco Show,...
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has revoked an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant's PPC permit to operate, following persistent breaches in pollution requiremen...
An new app for Android and iPhone smartphones, which was developed by the charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) and funded by the Environment Agency, has been launched and gi...
A Suffolk textile company has been sentenced for serious safety failings, after a worker suffered three years of ill-health following his exposure to chemicals.
The worker was employed at G...
A £50 million transformation of a controversial landfill site could create hundreds of jobs as part of a new business park.
Sunderland City Council's planning and highways committee have gi...
