In January 2018 the UK Government published a 25 Year Environment Plan which aims to improve the environment within a generation, setting out ambitious targets, among which...
Enva Scotland Limited has been fined following an incident where a 28-year-old employee was fatally injured whilst cleaning a mobile shredder.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard that in March 2018...
Following complaints about the use of non-native bugs and concerns they could have escaped into the Welsh countryside, police gave advice to the producers of I'm A Celebrity and are investigating t...
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order SI 2020/1265 has been published and will come into operation on 1 January 2021.
It is the UK...
The Government announced a major reform of the planning system in August and launched a consultation on their proposed plans. The reforms are designed around three pillars (development, beautiful a...
Price comparison website Money.co.uk has confirmed nine out of 10 shoppers plan to order online in the 2020 Black Friday sale, creating a surge in vehicle emissions.
Lockdown had already cr...
A new updated edition of L126 - Approved Code of Practice and Guidance for the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019, has been published...
During lockdown 1.0, noticeable environmental changes occurred. Due to the fact that only a tiny percentage of the population was allowed to travel during that time, air pollution levels dropped dr...
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Just when you think you're on top of everything, you have a slow, painful realisation that 2021 means more COVID-19 changes...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today (18 November 2020) an ambitious ten-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" which aims to create and support up to 250,000 British jobs, putting...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a desire to create more national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) which will ensure more of England's landscapes are given protection....
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published new draft legislation on the proposed plastic packaging tax, which was first consulted on in 2019<...
An appeal was allowed in part, in the case of Environment Agency v Ryder.
The appeal involved the owners of a waste management site appealing against confiscation orders imposed following t...
Peabody, a London housing association has begun an £8 billion competition in partnership with Lendlease, the construction company to come up with plans for a development project in south-east...
A new science and innovation strategy for the long-term future of forestry in Great Britain has been published by the Welsh Government, with support from the Scottish and UK Governments.
Th...
