On 26 October 2022, the European Commission produced a proposal for stricter rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollution, as well as, to implement extra measures...
Some of the environment sector has reacted with concern and surprise that new prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Thérèse Coffey as environment secretary.
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A male employee of a cleaning company died following an accident in January 2018 at Pan Glo (UK) Ltd in Lancashire, which led Preston Magistrates' Court to fine the company £200,000 and to or...
Civil engineering firm Denis Moriarty The Kerries Limited has been fined €220,000, following a guilty plea to breaches of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published the Water Quality in...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led a prosecution against self-employed construction contractor, Jerome McCaffery.
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The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is reminding farmers to follow the slurry mixing code to stay safe, as the closed period for slurry spreading be...
Today (18 October) is World Menopause Day, which is designated by the International Menopause Society (IMS) to raise awareness of the menopause and to support options to improve health and well-bei...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has started a targeted winter campaign of inspections across the waste and recycling sector.
The campaign on the "high-risk sec...
Anglian Water has been fined a total of £1,221,000 following two court cases. Both cases related to pollution incidents occurred in 2019.
The first case related to a series of po...
The Living Planet Report 2022, the WWF's most comprehensive study into global biodiversity and the health of the planet, has revealed that global wildlife populations have declined by 69% on averag...
During her leadership campaign, Prime Minister Liz Truss stated that she wanted to see farmers producing food and "not filling fields with paraphernalia like solar farms". It is now believed that t...
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Tokamak Energy have signed an initial agreement on collaboration which will aim to develop spherical tokamaks to produce green energy in the UK.
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Robert Hitchens Ltd has been given planning permission following an appeal to build up to 250 homes in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Cheltenham Borough Council ha...
Today (10 October 2022) is World Mental Health Day and the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) have set this years theme as "make mental health and well-being for all a global priority", whic...
