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Consultation on extending UK REACH deadlines

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a Consultation on extending the current UK REAC...

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Environment Agency warns of drought

The Environment Agency has warned that if this prolonged dry weather spell continues, parts of England could see drought conditions in August.

England has had a rela...

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How to stay cool sustainably

Medical Journal The Lancet, has produced some guidance on how to best stay cool sustainably.

The guidance outlines "cooling strategies that are low cost, accessible and sustainable [and] ca...

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Heat wave sparks welfare concerns

As parts of Europe braced themselves for an unprecedented heat wave, during which temperature records were well and truly broken, concerns were raised over the welfare of many people at work, espec...

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Agency calls for prison sentences for water companies bosses

The newest report published by the Environment Agency (EA) calls for much stricter enforcement of serious pollution incidents, as current sentences are viewed as too lenient...

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Report by the Environment Agency urges action to improve biodiversity

The newly published report by the Environment Agency (EA) calls for urgent action to address England's biodiversity and climate crisis. It focuses on the use of land and the...

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The "Big Plastic Count" survey shows that plastic recycling doesn't work

For one week in May 2022, Greenpeace UK organised "The Big Plastic Count" to see how much plastic is being used in each household and categorise each type of plastic that was being disposed of.

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Solvay Derbyshire wins Risk Reduction Through Design Award

Every year the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) along with the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) recognise design innovations to reduce the risk o...

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Carlsberg fined £3m for ammonia gas leak in 2016

On 28 June 2022, Carlsberg was fined £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured after an ammonia gas leak on their site in Northampton.

An investigation carr...

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Development dismissed over impact on local bat population

An application for the development of 18 homes in Flintshire, Wales has been refused because of the impact it would have on the local bat population.

The developers appealed the decision af...

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Support for global marine environment at UN Ocean Conference

World leaders have announced new initiatives to protect the global marine environment at the UN Ocean Conference.

The UN Ocean Conference hosted in Lisbon, following the fifth session of th...

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Emissions from cement sector double in last 20 years

A new report has stated that emissions from the production of cement have more than doubled in the last 20 years. 

The report produced by a greenhouse gas emissions scientist at Norway...

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Decline in planning applications

Statistics published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) show a 12% decrease in planning applications from the previous year.

Between January and March 2022,...

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UK's first hydrogen-powered refinery furnace arrives

A multi-million-pound hydrogen-powered furnace has arrived at the Port of Liverpool.

The furnace is part of a major investment by Essar Oil UK, and will be installed at its refinery in...

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Global energy consumption soars

A report by BP into a statistical review of global energy, estimates that global energy consumption has surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

In 2021 demand for global primary energy levels increa...

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