• Comment: Never say ever

• Paper recycler St Regis found guilty of falsifying effluent data

• Government lacks plan on sustainability
• Whitehall to set new green goals
• DECC plays for time on reforms to the CRC
• Rise in serious pollution incidents bucks trend
• RWE floats biomass plans
• No Cancún deal expected by UK
• DEFRA investigates TV efficiency loophole
• Climate committee wants guarantees for low-carbon generators

Green Strategy

• ICT firms slow to deliver their promised low-carbon solutions

  The information and communications technology sector must put more time and resources into developing low-carbon products and services, a survey shows

• Unilever unveils new green commitments
• Firms aware of water risks: CDP
• Carpet firm pledges greater transparency
• ERM in carbon footprint row
• Siemens extends green product goal
• ASA dismisses Oxfam poster complaints
• Equator Principles under review
• Firms miss potential of online reporting

Carbon & Energy

• Nuclear safety assessments struggle to meet deadline

• Onshore wind complaints belie evidence
• Biodiesel may raise emissions
• Councils invest in renewables for housing
• Agency hunts down unregistered CRC firms
• Boiler scrappage scheme launched
• Big six suppliers half way home on CERT energy efficiency scheme
• Latest offshore wind manufacturing plans
• Project cuts Met police emissions
• ENDS Infographic: Carbon dioxide emissions from local council operations

Waste & Recycling

• Sita to build plants that will turn mixed plastic waste into diesel

• Legal challenge to waste PFI cuts expected
• England passes 50% landfill milestone
• Sterecycle wins planning consent for third autoclave
• Welsh single-use bag tax reduced by 2p
• Sandwell signs £650m contract with Serco
• Firms charged over illegal e-waste

Water

• Latest water quality figures highlight ‘unambitious’ targets

• Agency forced to release water pollution data
• Six water firms fail leakage targets
• Call for firms to pay to cut farm pollution
• Basic bathing water compliance drops

Pollution & Health

• Axeing of salvage tugs increases marine risks but saves £32m

• Fire retardant concerns raised
• TFL trials dust suppressant
• Non-stick chemicals may delay puberty
• Contaminated land practitioners assessed
• DEFRA publishes soil contaminants annexes

Products & Supply Chain

• PepsiCo and Sainsbury’s extend sustainability work with farmers

• Construction products get green overhaul
• RSPO recognises conservation value of secondary forests
• Expert meeting advises against action on BPA
• Microsoft study makes the case for cloud computing
• Nanoproducts make their mark in Europe

Land & Ecology

• UK asks European Commission to revisit habitats rules

• Regional spatial strategies must stay, court rules
• Ship propellers likely cause of seal deaths
• Governments ‘need nature accountants’
• DEFRA confirms farm emissions research
• First two marine plans to be drafted
• Researchers suggest new way to assess contaminated land

Transport

• Aviation and the EU ETS: not quite ready for take off

• Transport avoids the worst cuts
• Wireless charging launched for cars
• Maersk is first cargo line to verify its CO2

• Shale gas, groundwater and climate change

• 10:10 looks to 2011 and a ‘major policy victory’
• Comment: More substance and less style, please FREE
• How shale gas is produced
• The rise and rise of green roofing
• Green roofs and water
• World city policies

National

• New bill gives sweeping powers to abolish environmental bodies

• Views polarised on corporate reporting
• Agency to issue civil sanctions from January
• Government responds to Penfold review
• Ofwat goes on the defensive
• DECC casts shadow over solar support
• CERT support to end for energy-efficient electrical equipment
• Green homes code brought into line with building regulations
• DEFRA consults on Aarhus response
• Schedule 2 controlled waste regulations set for overhaul
• Sewage NPS paves way for cleaner Thames
• Civil sanctions for ecodesign breaches
• Generators urge biomass carbon targets delay
• Government accepts case for CCS on gas generation
• UK to expand ETS coverage
• DEFRA launches national parks review
• White paper is fuzzy on local green growth
• Treasury sets out plan for UK infrastructure
• DEFRA sets easy packaging targets
• Energy bill to include powers over landlords
• Scotland trumps England’s offshore wind fund
• Plans dropped for farm plastics collection scheme
• Little change for Scottish and Welsh regulatory fees
• Wales sets statutory waste targets

International

• International biodiversity targets sealed at COP10 summit in Japan

• Oil giants slam biofuel land-use penalty policies
• No HFC action by Montreal Protocol again
• Climate finance ‘challenging but feasible’ says UN
• EU treads lightly in 2020 energy strategy update
• Commission urges speed on low-carbon shift
• EU deal struck on RoHS recast
• EU issues consultation on nanomaterials
• Commission proposes EU-wide phosphate detergent ban
• CAP reform plans formally published

• Tom Burke's political commentary: This killer bill will weaken environmental regulation

• Daylight saving bill proposed to cut carbon emissions

• Richard Macrory's legal commentary: court rules on financial support for renewables

• Scotland moves towards asset seizures
• Water firms fined for river pollution
• Spate of skip firms fined
• Poultry farmer fined for PPC breaches
• Bicycle wholesaler fined £34,000
• Waste company fined for permit breach
• Food company and director fined £16K
• Chemical spill costs container firm £13,400
• Fuel company fined for SSSI pollution
• Landowner fined £30K
• Waste licence appeal rejected