The Environment Agency have launched a full investigation this week after a seven mile stretch of the River Crane in West London became polluted with raw sewage, killing aro...
A Dorset factory worker was accidentally crushed to death by a sweet machine while trying to clear a blockage, an inquest has ruled this month. Czech Republic national Martin Pejril was on a night...
Businesses and the Government need to do more to protect workers from repetitive strain injury (RSI), physiotherapists have said. Official figures from the Health and Safety Ex...
A research study in the British Journal of Cancer predicts that one in 17 UK carpenters born in the 1940s will die of the asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma. Researchers calculate that the...
New legislation has been published which describes how battery producers must aid the collection and recycling of waste batteries. The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations
In an attempt to cut energy use, the Government is to install smart meters, which show electricity and gas consumption at a glance, in every home in Britain by 2020.
All of the country's 26...
The newly-elected European Parliament faces a tough challenge in convincing the world to agree on an ambitious climate deal in the midst of an economic recession.
The incoming Parliament is...
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on new and revised rules for standardised waste permits in advance of any Government announcement following the waste exem...
The Scotch whisky industry has committed itself to an environmental strategy that will see whisky producers cut their use of fossil fuels by 80% over the next 40 years.
The industry claim th...
A local government body is to press ahead with plans for a waste incinerator that produces power, despite a rebuff from Belfast City Council. The council had voted against its land at Belfast Loug...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a consultation on proposals to introduce a "more effective" approach to enforcing environmental reg...
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has met with the country's new environment minister, Edwin Poots, to brief him on work that it claims needs to be done in waste management.
On...
Farmer Roy Kelso has been fined a total of £17,500 after pleading guilty at Dungannon Crown Court to two breaches of Health and Safety Legislation. The case was brought by the ...
Balcas Timber Ltd have appeared before Fermanagh Magistrates Court on a number of health and safety related charges.
The company who are based at Laragh, Enniskillen were represented by Patr...
It has been announced that the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Shattered Lives - Ladder Exchange Initiative 2009 will run from 1 September until 31 December 2009.
