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Sir David Attenborough hails Cory's landfill transformation

Sir David Attenborough has officially opened a nature park on a former landfill site in Essex, hailing it a "new chapter" for the region's landscape. ... read more

Waste

PG Tips targets tea bag recycling with Recyclebank

PG Tips has joined forces with Recyclebank to raise consumer awareness of tea bag recycling through a social media campaign. ... read more

Energy

'Tangible' sign of support as Government doubles renewable heat funding

The amount of funding available to households installing renewable heat technologies through the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP), has mostly doubled, it was announced by DECC today. ... read more

Energy

Renewable energy debate needs 'more evidence' and 'less media hype'

A call for fact-based research on the role of renewables within the UK's energy mix has been issued by cross-party think tank Carbon Connect. ... read more

Energy

Businesses asked how EU environment policies impact the UK

Defra and DECC have launched a consultation asking businesses and organisations whether being a part of the EU helps or hinders their work on the environment and climate change. ... read more

Energy

More than a third of local authorities flouting European energy regulations

More than a third of local authorities across England and Wales are in breach of a European energy efficiency directive, according to the Property and Energy Professionals Association (PEPA).... read more

Energy

Donald Trump turns to legal action as wind farm work marches on

American tycoon Donald Trump has launched a legal case against plans to build an offshore wind turbine test facility off Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ... read more

Waste

Defra minister unveils Agrivert anaerobic digestion plant

Defra resource minister Lord de Mauley officially opened Agrivert's second anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Oxfordshire this morning (17 May). ... read more

Waste

ANALYSIS: Are designers waking up to lifecycle thinking?

There is growing evidence that resource scarcity issues are now spilling into the creative design industry, forcing designers to ask pertinent questions around product lifecycle analysis. ... read more

Energy

GIB funded biomass project could save 150k tonnes of C02

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has today announced a £4.9m investment into its first energy efficiency project, which replaces inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers. ... read more

Energy

Business to save £1bn from simplifying environmental regs says Defra

Simplifying environmental rules and regulations could save businesses more than £1bn over 10 years, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said today. ... read more

Peter Bakker: CEOs must lead from the top to drive agenda for change

Waste

CEOs in powerful position to unlock sustainable transformation

CEOs should take advantage of their ability to create "powerful mechanisms" that can drive meaningful change across the corporate sustainability landscape, a leading CSR authority has said. ... read more

Energy

EU ETS emissions fall 2% but surplus allowances approach 2 billion

Greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and manufacturing installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) fell by 2% last year, according to new data from the European Union (EU). ... read more

Waste

PHS builds on clinical waste portfolio with NHS win

PHS Wastemanagement has secured a five-year contract with NHS trusts in Lincolnshire to provide clinical waste services, significantly expanding its reach within the healthcare sector. ... read more

Energy

Energy Bill could pass this summer as Parliament confirms date for Report Stage

Parliament has confirmed today that The Energy Bill will go through the next stage of progress in the first week of June. ... read more

Waste

UK in danger of failing on new plastic recycling targets

The waste sector must have "sensible policy and strategic development" if the UK is serious about achieving the new and ambitious five-year recycling targets for plastic packaging from 2013 to 2017. ... read more

EA analysis suggests that 10% of England's beaches could be at risk of failing 2015 standards

Water

EA calls for action to improve bathing water quality as testing begins

The Environment Agency (EA) has begun testing England's bathing waters to improve water quality and protect England's £3.6bn seaside tourist economy. ... read more

Water

Water firms must 'share' supplies to improve resilience says EA chief

Water companies must secure water supplies against a changing climate and a growing population, says chairman of the Environment Agency (EA) Lord Chris Smith. ... read more

Energy

CCS Taskforce report proves technology can be 'cost competitive' in 2020s

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will be a low-cost decarbonisation option for both the power and industrial sectors in the very near future, says CCS Association chief exec Jeff Chapman. ... read more

Water

Ofwat chief exec Regina Finn resigns

Ofwat has announced its chief exec Regina Finn has tendered her resignation and will exit her role at the regulator in November this year. ... read more

Water

Abbey Metals fined more than £130,000 for river pollution after fire

Abbey Metals Limited has been ordered to pay a £133,000 fine and £33,000 in costs for polluting the River Anker, following a fire at one of its operating sites in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. ... read more

Energy

EXCLUSIVE: Internal engagement 'vital' for a low carbon construction sector

The construction industry must try to drive sustainability further into distribution, from raw material extraction right the way through to completed construction projects, says CEMEX's Andy Spencer. ... read more

Waste

Brands signal firm intent to 'sex up' sustainability

Brand leaders have signed up to a new initiative which aims to mainstream sustainability by making it sexy and aspirational to consumers. ... read more

Energy

Construction sector key to UK's low carbon economy shift says Fallon

Energy minister Michael Fallon has stressed the important role the construction industry will play in ensuring the UK meets its carbon reduction commitments and reassured the sector that "growth will come". ... read more

Waste

Coca-Cola teams up with council to pilot community outreach recycling

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has joined forces with Milton Keynes Council to develop a project that will utilise the power of peer-to-peer community pledges to improve local recycling rates. ... read more

Energy

Low carbon enterprise is 'bullish new breed' of business

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) driving the low carbon economy are a "bullish" breed of business intent on pursuing a global low carbon sector, forecast to be worth £4trn by 2015, according to new analysis. ... read more

Energy

EXCLUSIVE: 'Support from the top' helping National Grid transform sustainably

National Grid is currently undergoing a colossal infrastructure transformation and for this to be sustainable, board level support and employee engagement is vital, says climate change manager Clare Naunton.... read more

Waste

Sustainability failing in retail sector due to 'landlord mistrust'

Most shopping centre retailers are not buying into the sustainability agenda due to mistrust issues around leasing arrangements, according to new research. ... read more

Greg Barker says it is still early days of

Energy

Green Deal assessments more than double in April

Green Deal assessments lodged by the end of April hit 18,816, up from 9,294 at the end of March, according to the latest Government figures. ... read more

EIC's Dr Nelson Ogunshakin (front right) and CSES' Ren Guan-Ping signing the MoU

Energy

UK Environmental Trade Association signs deal to access Chinese market

The UK's Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences (CSES), aiming to ease UK environmental firms' access to Chinese markets. ... read more

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Clarke Energy Webinar, supported by the Combined Heat and Power Association 6th June 2013

Clarke Energy, supported by the Combined Heat and Power Association will, on the 6th June 2013, be presenting an informative and educational webinar on combined heat and power (CHP) systems and their applications.... read more

Bringing Loggers to Life

Metasphere Ltd is launching a new range of intelligent loggers called Point Colour. The units; Point Orange and an ATEX (Ex II 1G Ex ia IIB T4) version Point Blue, are designed to provide cost-efficient and flexible outstations that are multi-purpose and multi-functional.... read more

Geotech's international sales of the portable biogas analyser go from strength to strength

A year after launch, Geotech have just sold the latest portable biogas analyser, the BIOGAS 5000, to its 57th new country. Customers across six continents searching for an all-encompassing portable biogas analyser are satisfied that they have found their solution in the BIOGAS 5000, with the latest ... read more

Foundries - Health Risks and Assessment of Airborne Substances

COSHH assessments - A major health risk encountered by people working in foundries is the exposure to a number of harmful substances. ... read more

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