Harlands Builders Limited have been prosecuted following an incident that left a groundworker trapped in a two-metre deep excavation.
On 26 June 2019, the company were carrying out gr...
The cost of carbon allowances has soared to a record high in both the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the newly formed UK ETS.
Emission trading schemes assign a cost on carbon dioxide...
A £2 million fund has been launched by the Government aimed at helping local authorities enforce energy performance certificate (EPC) requirements for privately rented homes.
The Ener...
On 2 May 2017 around 17 tonnes of ethylene, a flammable gas, was released from a cracked pipe at KF Ethylene Plant in Grangemouth. The leak formed a cloud of flammable gas around 65,000m³ and...
Automotive company, Xtrac Ltd in Thatcham, have been prosecuted after an employee suffered from an allergic reaction in the workplace after coming into contact with metalworking fluids.
On...
The UK government is being urged by campaigners to ban the export of plastic waste to all countries, invest in domestic recycling industry, and set a binding target for plastic reduction.
A...
Major new trials across the UK should see carbon dioxide be sucked from the air using trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal in major new trials across the UK.
The £30 million project...
In August 2020 the Government published a planning white paper entitled 'Planning for the Future' which set out new ambitions for a different planning system. Part of the pl...
Local residents are being asked by the RSPB to keep watch over two hen harriers that have made a nest on a nature reserve in Cumbria. Concerns have been raised after two other endangered raptors di...
The Secretary of State for the environment, George Eustice has outlined a series of plans to protect and restore the UK's nature, address the climate and biodiversity crisis...
Greenpeace has published a report suggesting that over half of the household plastic waste sent for recycling is shipped abroad and most of it goes to countries with low recycling rates. Around 40%...
In a move to reduce plastic pollution, the UK grocery giant Tesco is removing all plastic rings and shrink wrap that keeps the cans of alcoholic beverages together in multipacks from its stores.
Climate change is perhaps the most important global issue right now and, according to science, cannot be ignored for a moment longer. That is why Governments around the world are putting in place n...
An appeal has been rejected for the fourth time to use an airstrip in the North Yorkshire Moors. The appellant applied for the weekly private use of an airstrip but was rejected to prevent disturbi...
Under the Coronavirus Act 2020, local authority meetings, including planning committee meetings, have been held virtually in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
Provisions of the Cor...
