A Welsh cake company Memory Lane Cakes was prosecuted by the Natural Resources Wales (NRW) for polluting a local stream with untreated dishwater.
In April 2019 the <...
An employee has been seriously injured after his finger came into contact with a saw blade, leading to a fine for Neil Smith (Export Services) Limited.
In September 2019, an employee was us...
Research conducted by Think tank Centre for Cities, "Cities Outlook 2022",...
According to new data from leading US climate scientists, nearly a quarter of the world's population experienced a record hot year during 2021, as the climate crisis continues to exacerbate tempera...
RTPI Cymru has published a report entitled "Living Locally in Rural Wales" which explores living in rural areas in Wales and what role the planning system can play in supporting sustainable local l...
Business partners Louise Bland and David McNeill from Gateshead have been sentenced following a joint investigation by the Environment Agency and Newcastle City Council into...
The Government has announced plans to reform the waste industry in order to try and tackle illegal waste activity such as fly-tipping and illegal exports of waste.
As part of the reform, th...
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has asked Transport for London what he can "reasonably" do in order to encourage Londoners to move away from driving and instead walk, cycle or use public transport.
The results of the Housing Delivery Test 2021 have been published, showing that 51 councils did not deliver 75% of their housing target for 2021, meaning they now face the presumption in favour of...
The government has published the third assessment of risks of climate change on the UK. The assessment is required to be published every five years under the Climate Change Act...
A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has claimed that chemical pollution has passed a safe limit for humans. This level of pollution threatens the stability of gl...
Staff in England's Environment Agency are told to "shut down" and ignore reports of low impact pollution events due to lack of available funds for investigation, according t...
According to a publication from the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, entitled meeting housing demand, delays to the reform of the planning system is having a negative effect on housebuil...
The UK government is being sued by two environmental law organisations, Client Earth and Friends of the Earth, separately over the failure to include necessary policies to deliver promised cuts in...
The new Plastics Packaging Tax will come into force from 1 April 2022.
The key facts of this tax are:
- the aim is to incentivise the use of recycled material in the production...
