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Provisions included in Climate Change Bill to address methane emissions

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed an amendment to the Climate Change (No. 2) Bill that aims to limit the production of methane by 46% to meet...

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Calls for right to nature to be legislated

Campaigners are calling for the government to enshrine the provision of equal access to nature-rich green and blue spaces for everyone into law.

In response to the government's recently pub...

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UK to build its greenest ever road

Government-owned, National Highways, has announced that they are exploring the use of carbon-neutral road construction technologies in order to make its Lower Thames Crossing project, the "greenest...

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IPCC publishes latest climate report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published the second instalment of their Sixth Assessment Report. The Working Group II report looks at the impacts of climate change on natu...

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How 'headline anxiety' impacts workers mental health

Since news broke of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, images of bombings, wrecked buildings, wounded citizens and families fleeing for safety have been spread across social media, news prog...

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HSE warn of the risks from emergency tree work

Following the after effects of Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice and Storm Franklin, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are reminding people that emergency tree work is dangerou...

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Possible REACH restrictions on the use of PFASs in the EU and UK

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will be launching a consultation on 23 March 2022 which will seek views on whether the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs...

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Thousands of 'ghost flights' have left the UK since the start of the pandemic

Almost 15,000 'ghost flights' have departed from the UK according to official figures.

Ghost flights are those with no passengers or less than 10% of passenger capacity. The flights operate...

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Government's plan for living with Covid announced

Boris Johnson has confirmed the next steps for living with Covid-19, including that vaccines will remain the first line of defence against the virus and that all remaining domestic regulations rest...

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New Construction Safety Action Plan for Ireland

The latest Construction Safety Action Plan for 2022-2024 has been published for Ireland.

The Construction Safety Partnership (CSPAC), an advisory committee to the Board of the

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UN warns wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050

According to a new report wildfires like those that devastated California, Australia and Siberia will become 50% more common by the end of the century.

The report, by the UN Environment Pro...

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Planning permission denied over climate change factors

A planning appeal relating to the refusal to grant planning permission for four residential blocks in Romford has been rejected by the inspector, over fears that climate change would result in over...

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Lead to be added to REACH Authorisation List?

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is currently consulting on the proposal to include lead metal to become subject to authorisation under the Full Text of

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New measures in Building Safety Bill

Michael Gove, Communities secretary, has outlined new proposals in the Building Safety Bill which could give the government power to block planning permission and building c...

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EPA cautions for more focused and co-ordinated enforcement by local authorities

On 16 December 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its report on the local authority environmental enforcement activities for 2020.

They have se...

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