The Government have this month announced that producers and importers of electronic goods will finally become responsible for their recycling from July 2007 through the implementation of the Waste...
The Environment Agency have issued a reminder to operators of landfill sites, that as of 16 July 2006 whole used tyres and shredded tyres can no longer be sent to landfill....
The Government has outlined its long-term policy on energy generation, following the conclusion of its Energy Review this month, which has revealed a series of varied and controversial proposals. A...
In direct comparison to the Governments conclusions of their Energy Review, Friends of the Earth have praised the publication of the Scottish Executive's new draft Planning Policy on Renewable Ener...
The Environment Agency have said that a second oil slick off the North Wales coast is being broken up naturally by the waves, and no real environmental damage is expected. T...
The Department of the Environment (DoE) is currently carrying out a consultation on proposals for the Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and associated St...
The number of devolved Government departments must be cut according to Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain. Mr Hain believes reducing the current 11 departments to around 6 or 7 will "improve the...
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has stated that nuclear power stations will not be built in Northern Ireland. Speaking just before the release of the British Government's Energy Review which...
The Water Service in Northern Ireland have come under increasing pressure this month to explain how raw sewage leaked into a river at an Ulster beauty spot, and killed around 1,500 fish. Environmen...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have this month continued their battle against illegal dumping of waste in Northern Ireland, by dismantling a large fuel laundering plant in County Armagh. In a joint...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have this month launched a new programme and some revised guidance.
The Noise and Hand-arm Vibration Programme is a series of a...
A bank clerk at HBOS plc has been awarded £56,000 in damages, after tripping over nylon webbing in an office in Edinburgh. The part-time worker had been fetching her handbag during a coffee break w...
Forbuoys Ltd have been find a total of £36,700 at Exeter Crown Court following a prosecution by Devon County Council Trading Standards Department, for a range of offences relating to the way they s...
Michelin Tyres plc of Stoke-on-Trent have received a hefty fine of around £112,500, after pleading guilty to a breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
It was announced this month that no police officers are to be prosecuted over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistaken for a terrorist, at a South London Tube station in July...
