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Actions cameras used in innovative way

Various Environment Agency (EA) staff have been making good use of waterproof action cameras, as they inspect the hard-to-reach culverts and flood gates throughout East Angl...

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Use of plastic bottles could increase

Alupro, the aluminium recycling body has hit out at plans made for an 'all in' Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) that is planned for Scotland in 2021 - in an unexpected turn of events, it may actually in...

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Plastic reduction needs to be done very carefully

Like the two sides of a coin, as public concern has grown surrounding the plastic packaging in supermarkets over the past year and more action is being taken, it's just as important that its remova...

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Carbon-neutral truck that runs on cow muck is raising the steaks

Hundreds of John Lewis delivery trucks are to run on cow power from 2021 as the retailer announced that it is removing polluting diesel fuel from its fleet, and instead switches to carbon-neut...

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Northern Ireland's Local Authority released statistics for municipal waste management

The 'Provisional Northern Ireland Local Authority collected municipal waste management' statistics for the period of April to July 2019 have been published today by the Departme...

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Environment Agency calls on businesses to do more

The Environment Agency's report includes a review of many different topics, in full asking for businesses to do more to protect the environment. 

The report inc...

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Emissions targets have no effect on sea levels rising

Even if we are able to meet the climate commitments set out by our governments, generations that follow are still set to face rising oceans and coastal inundations well into the 2300s, recent resea...

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Negligent farmer fined for fouling SSSI

A Milton Keynes farmer who repeatedly polluted a stream in a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSI) has been ordered to pay £8,760.

The farmer allowed stinking farm waste to contam...

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UK scheme makes drone registration compulsory

Drone users in the UK must now sit an online test and pay a £9 annual fee, or face a £1,000 fine, after the launch of a mandatory national registration scheme this week.

Owners...

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University fined after research workers exposed to risk of suffering adverse health effects

The University of Edinburgh has been fined for its failings which led to animal research workers, who were already sensitised to laboratory animal allergens (LAA), being at risk of suffering from a...

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Starter homes policy delivers no homes

A flagship Government policy to build 200,000 homes for first-time buyers has resulted in no homes being built, according to Whitehall's spending watchdog.

The Starter Homes programme, unve...

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RTPI sets out key demands in manifesto for next Government

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is demanding that planning authorities must be adequately resourced if they are to deliver on climate change, populations and well-designed sustainable plac...

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Appeal against Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs dismissed

The appellant appealed against a decision that it had been lawful for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to issue guidance in relation to the lic...

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Bristol Council seeks ban on diesel vehicles

Bristol could become the first city in the UK to ban diesel vehicles from its city centre.

In a bid to improve air quality and reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, the Counci...

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Government ends support for fracking in England

On 2 November 2019 the Government announced that it was ending support for fracking operations in England, following the publication of new scientific analysis.

The

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