The World Health Organisation (WHO) revised their guidelines for air quality back in September. Since then two studies have looked at the predicted health benefits of implementing these air quality...
A further £11 million has been allocated to projects from the Brownfield Land Release Fund managed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
These funds wil...
BP has announced plans to build a hydrogen plant in Teesside, in the North East of England, known as 'HyGreen Teesside', that could produce up to 500MW of hydrogen by 2030.
The plant is exp...
When discussing climate change, methane emissions from cows attract much criticism and cause for concern. Now however it seems that cows are doing their bit to help the UK reduce its emissions from...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have launched their Working Minds campaign, which seeks to raise awareness about how to recognise and respond to the signs of stress in...
Breedon Trading Ltd, have been fined for safety breaches following a fly rock projection during the use of explosives at a blast at Cwt-y-Bugail Quarry in North Wales.
On 15 January 2020, b...
Knowsley based company Securafence Ltd, who manufacture perimeter protection products, have been fined following repeat breaches of health and safety law.
Over a period of 18 months between...
The Countryside Charity, CPRE, has published a new report, Recycling our Land: State of Brownfield 2021 which sets out numerous recommendations for brownfield sites in England.
CPRE states...
A survey commissioned by the MCS Charitable Foundation, has found that most MPs (77%) approve of the idea to require all new builds to incorporate small-scale renewables, like solar PV and hea...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a new report which forecasts their predictions for future global renewable electricity capacity.
They believe that by the end of 2021 ther...
Think tank Localis have urged Michael Gove, the Housing and levelling-up secretary, to ban developers from building homes in high-risk flood areas.
A research report produced by Localis, Pl...
Chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), Lord Deben, has said that the current planning system is 'extremely ill-prepared for net zero'.
His comments came at the Town and Country Planni...
The UK Government has promised to invest £20 million a year to tidal stream electricity under the renewable energy auction scheme, the biggest investment in a generation into tidal power.
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An investigation undertaken by the BBC has found that there is a black market in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) which are being smuggled into the UK from Eastern Europe.
HFCs are a type of fluor...
Thames Water Utilities Limited has been fined £4 million for discharging an estimated half a million litres of raw sewage into the Seacourt and Hinksey streams in Oxford across two days in Ju...
