A Welsh assembly committee has pressed the Welsh environment secretary to provide greater detail on how she plans to improve protection of the nation’s coast and seas, following its inquiry into the issue.
The chair of the EFRA Committee has complained to the environment secretary that DEFRA is dragging its heels
Green mortgages, low interest rates and behavioural triggers have all been outlined in a government consultation on improving efficiency routes to markets
The RDF industry has come together in an attempt to streamline the multimillion pound business which faces an uncertain future post-Brexit
Conlon, whose offences lead to almost £40,000 in cleanup costs must pay back £15,000 within three years or he faces nine months in prison
A call for evidence to adjust the Green Deal framework could incorporate battery storage and heat network connections and help promote business uptake
The manufacture and sale of microbeads will be prohibited in Wales from next summer
The Environment Agency has approved Third Energy’s hydraulic fracture plan for a controversial North Yorkshire well site
The Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the regulation of fluorinated greenhouse gases
Cross-sectoral weaknesses in energy efficiency, power, heat, water resources, transport and imminent funding gap must be shored up, the National Infrastructure Commission has said
A government-commissioned study has confirmed the energy savings opportunity scheme has prompted business to improve energy efficiency
The CCC has voted to extend Lord Deben’s leadership of the influential climate body and will be joined by economist Paul Johnson
Ofwat has taken steps to open up the bioresources and water resources markets, encouraging the water sector to trade with other utilities and businesses
Two brothers that unlawfully deposited commercial and industrial waste in County Tyrone have been fined after pleading guilty to waste offences
Carbon capture and storage, nuclear and offshore wind has been championed in the power sector with a future carbon price on the table
What will Brexit mean for the enforcement of environmental law as the UK prepares to strike out on its own? Tom Reeve investigates what could replace the European Commission as the ultimate watchdog
Nathan Richardson: We all want to reduce pollution but asking customers to pay water companies for breaking the law less often is not the way to go about it. Nor is hoping for less flood-inducing weather
The long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy has been unveiled by the government, to mixed reviews from green campaigners
Forthcoming rules limiting RHI payments on less efficient power producers have been confirmed, with a suite of further amendments on eligible uses, multi-plant sites, very large plants and biomethane proposed
Green business investors say concerns over GIB privatisation and a shift to overseas investment in green projects are overblown compared to policy uncertainty and state aid restrictions
One specific area of concern to business that epitomises the need for urgent restaffing at depleted departments such as BEIS and DEFRA is that of EU product standards
Water companies’ environmental performance appears to be slipping overall, the latest figures from the Environment Agency and water company reports show
The UK cannot hope to meet its 80% greenhouse gas reduction target by 2050 as long as progress on the heat economy lags behind the power sector. Paul Hatchwell looks at progress, challenges and solutions to the problem
Linda Crichton: Dedicated research has been helping local councils tailor their recycling communications to drive behavioural change for over a decade. It is now time to apply this tactic to food waste
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ENDS inaugural Environmental Impact Awards recognised the achievements of 11 winners and several highly commended projects and teams
A guide for environmental professionals on key issues in UK environmental law and compliance during the Brexit negotiations, highlighting four ways in which the legal relationship between UK and EU law could begin to loosen even before the final date of departure.
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