New legally binding environmental targets published by the Government have come into force at the end of January 2023.
These targets come after three years of detailed consideration of scie...
The Welsh government have decided to make the environment the priority and scrapped the majority of road-building projects in Wales.
Following a year-long review, the "National Transport De...
A proposed solar farm in the Essex green belt has been approved following a planning appeal.
An application for the development was submitted in February 2021. Chelmsford City Council decid...
Avara Foods, a leading supplier of chicken to Tesco, is being urged by campaigners to pay reparations to help clean up the River Wye.
The River Wye, running from mid-Wales to the Severn est...
The new Scottish deposit return scheme (DRS) that aims to increase recycling rates and reduce fly-tipped waste for drink bottles could create an unlawful trade barrier with the rest of the UK, whic...
Back in 2018, the Government and the Welsh Government launched a consultation looking at ways of tackling crime and poor performance in the waste sector. Part of the consultation looked at how wast...
A new set of Regulations has been published which requires companies affected by the extended producer responsibility scheme (EPR) to collect data, and in the case of large companies, report on the...
Our annual Legislation Update Roadshow is back in April 2023 for the 9th time.
Same as the last couple of years, it will be a combined environment and safety event. As usual, we'll take a l...
According to a study by Butterfly Conservation, butterfly species have vanished from nearly half of the places where they once flew in the UK since 1976.
The distribution of 58 native speci...
Homes England, the Governments housing agency, has announced that it will provide a £43 million investment to help create a new garden village in Darlington. The Burtree Garden Village is aim...
According to a study by the University of California, Irvine (UCI), for the aviation industry to achieve net zero by 2050, it...
According to a new report by the global energy think tank Ember, in 2022 wind and solar generated 22% o...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is conducting a research programme with employers and workers from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the human health, hospitality...
A landlord has been ordered to pay just over £42,000 in illegal gains and £10,000 in fines and costs for sub-standard developments to a basement flat.
The landlord developed one...
On 31 January 2023 campaigners, Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN), had their legal action to halt the expansion of the airport dismissed.
The expansion, which would see the airport incr...
