Over the past decade, the UK has directed £12.5 billion from energy bills to fossil fuel power plants as part of its "capacity market" scheme. The initiative, which ensures electricity supply...
According to a survey, more than one in 10 homeowners either failed to secure planning permission for major renovations, or did not realise they had to do so.
The poll commissioned by eXp U...
In an overhaul of legal rules which allow three High Court challenges, the government said "unarguable cases" are "causing years of delay and hundreds of millions of cost to projects that have been...
A manufacturing firm in Ipswich has been fined after two workers were struck by slabs of stone, with one of the men sustaining multiple bone fractures as a result.
Three slabs of quartz sto...
An Essex-based company that makes windows and doors has been fined £4,000 after repeatedly failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust.
Timbercraft Windows & Doors L...
A specialist construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham.
The worker was employed by Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks L...
In her speech marking her inauguration as the Royal Town Planning Institute's (RTPI) 111th president on the 22 January, Helen Fadipe outlined three core themes for her tenure and unveiled a major p...
The Government has announced that it will publish a Planning and Infrastructure Bill this year which will aim to unblock required infrastructure whilst, at the same time, supporting nature recovery...
Environment Agency Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Nettleton, on 17 January, called for the environmental regulation framework to be reformed, in order to help better protect people...
In a sweeping move that has sparked significant debate, newly sworn U.S. President Donald Trump is about to leave a lasting impact country's environmental and energy policies. Over his four-year te...
The 'Air Quality Inequalities Project' has been published, which is a UK-wide project looking at inequalities in air quality exposure and the impact on people's health.
The research an...
Today (Monday 20 January) is known as Blue Monday, which is apparently the saddest day of the year.
The day is celebrated on the third Monday in January and originated in 2005.
In 2...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a helpful guide on the do's and don'ts for people installing stone worktops.
The guidance is designed to remind d...
Sustainable waste management news site, letsrecycle.com, have reported that the government's mandatory Digital Waste Tracking (DWT) policy, initially set to come into effect in April 2025, is likel...
Nearly three-quarters of Britons believe greener transport options are essential for creating cleaner, healthier cities.
