A construction company has been fined after an employee was struck by the placing boom of a concrete pump, causing serious injuries.
Brighton Magistrates Court heard how in March 2019 concr...
A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when a pallet of stone tiles he was attempting to deliver fell onto him.
In November 2016 an agency driver was carrying...
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) is campaigning to address the issue of fires at waste facilities across the country due to inappropriately discarded batteries.
So-called "...
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today (6 October) a new plan to "Build Back Greener" by investing in offshore wind energy, which would create jobs, cut carbon emissions and improve expo...
A company manufacturing composite hose products has been fined after an agency worker was pulled into a spinning lathe and injured his right arm.
The man, working at Novaflex Ltd, had his s...
On Wednesday 30 September, HydroFLEX, the first-ever UK hydrogen-powered train ran on the UK mainline in its first trial journey.
These trials see the cumulation of nearly two years of deve...
The UK's first fully-electric emergency ambulance has been unveiled by West Midlands Ambulance Service. The e-ambulance was developed with vehicle conversion specialist VCS and uses zero-emiss...
A pilot project carried out by the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) enforcement authorities found that 23% of the products imported to the EU and checked do not meet the r...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that they have extended the Climate Change Agreement Scheme for a further two years, un...
The UK will begin to implement the Circular Economy Package (CEP) on 1 October 2020.
Amendments contained in the Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations SI 2020...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are currently consulting on proposed updates to the ecodesign and energy labelling...
An appeal was dismissed in the case of Gathercole v Suffolk CC.
The appeal was against a decision to grant planning permission for a primary school, with the argument that a council had fai...
A director of an illegal waste company, Barry Connally, has been ordered to pay back over £179,000 that he obtained through proceeds of crime from his unlawful operations.
Connal...
ENGIE, energy & regeneration company, plan to deliver 237 energy efficient homes by converting council-owned brownfield land in Rotherham.
The land for development has...
