In a report, "Progress in adapting to climate change", the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has said that the UK is "strikingly unprepared" fo...
A London company has been fined £175,000 after a worker suffered serious head injuries that saw him hospitalised for seven months.
The man was working at a domestic property on 3 Marc...
A major pipeline transportation company has been fined £2.3 million for safety breaches after its employees were exposed to risk of serious injury and even death while working on a leaking pi...
The UK government is planning significant reforms to waste and recycling management in England. However, councils across the country fear that such reforms would prove chaotic and unworkable.
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Tomorrow (Saturday 18 March) is Global Recycling Day, and the Global Recycling Foundation has announced this years theme as 'Creative Innovation'.
Global Recycling Day was created in 2018 t...
Today, 15 March 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled his first budget, with certain provisions affecting energy and climate change, as well as some aspects of health and safety.
The Punch Bowl Inn in Lancashire was a grade II listed building from the 18th century prior to its demolition. Unfortunately the demolition was not authorised. As a result, Ribble Valley Borough Co...
The troubled Scottish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), developed under the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations SSI 2020/154, is set to be dealt another blow, this...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) have issued a safety alert to raise awareness on the associated risks from the use of emery cloth around rotati...
Today (Wednesday 8 March) is International Women's Day 2023, and this year's theme is #EmbraceEquity.
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The COP28 President has called on big oil and gas companies to join the drive to cut emissions and decarbonise operations.
In a speech delivered at the CERAWeek conference in Houston, US, D...
The lack of action from the UK government to tackle climate change may lead to court action according to leaked documents acquired by the observer.
The Document, a leaked briefing from...
Negotiations have been ongoing for 15 years, but an agreement to protect the planet's oceans has finally been made by 193 countries. Protecting the oceans is vital to human survival. Not just becau...
A paint manufacturing company, International Paint Ltd, whose parent company is AkzoNobel, has been found guilty of causing pollution to the Yealm estuary with various hazardous substances, includi...
The findings of a major poll has revealed that too much Government regulation is not considered a top priority for UK businesses.
Given that politicians advocating radical deregulation ofte...
