The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has outlined its regulatory approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The HSE regulates AI where it imp...
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) decided in 2019 to set an ambitious target for agriculture in England and Wales to reach net-zero by 2040, 10 years before the national net-zero target of 2050 as...
The UK Government is introducing new legislation aimed at holding water company executives accountable for sewage pollution. Under the Water (Special Measures) Bill, water b...
In November 2023, the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations SI 2014/1643 (ESOS) were amended in order to, amongst other things, introduce a requirement that ESOS par...
The final report on the Grenfell Tower fire, released on 4 September 2024, attributes the tragedy to decades of Government failures and systematic dishonesty by companies involved in the building&r...
On 2 September 2024, the Ministy for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities published pending updates to:
The UK has reached a milestone in wind energy, with the country's total wind power capacity now exceeding 30 gigawatts (GW).
This achievement comes after the opening of SSE Renewables' Viki...
In 2024, wind farm operators in Scotland received over £205 million in constraint payments to shut down their turbines when electricity wasn’t needed.
These payments, known as c...
There have been several significant developments that have emerged over the last few months that are set to impact the planning sector.
Angela Rayner’s Letter
In 2023, over 40% of the world’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources, with wind and solar contributing nearly 14% of the total.
According to BloombergNEF’s reports, wind a...
Major manufacturers are urging chancellor Rachel Reeves to use her Autumn Budget to tackle a decade of decline in the UK's national infrastructure and to invest more resources into local authority...
Budweiser Budvar UK has been fined £414,000 by the Environment Agency for failing to comply with packaging recycling regulations for 18 years.
The company did...
World Water Week (25-29 August) started on Sunday, and is centered on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense.
Established in 1991, World Water Week is the leading a...
According to expert forecasts, Great Britain is on track to generate record levels of solar power this summer, as the government pushes forward plans to triple the country's solar energy capacity b...
Wood recycling company, John Brooke (Timber Treatments) Limited of Fosse Way, Nottingham has been prosecuted following the tragic death of an employee.
On 29 April 2019, an employee of the...