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The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has said it is prepared to approve a series of derogations for Ineos’ oil refinery in Grangemouth on the basis that the costs of installing the best available techniques for air and water emissions outweigh the benefits

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has announced that its investigation into flaring at ExxonMobil’s ethylene works in Fife is nearing completion later than anticipated

Testing a ventilation system at the decommissioned Dounreay nuclear site led to an unlawful escape of radiation, according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency

The Mossmorran ethylene plant in Fife is under investigation for two explosions, the Health and Safety Executive has confirmed

DEFRA has made an amendment to when a medium combustion plant (MCP) should be considered to be new, rather than existing

A 12-week consultation opened today on a new Clean Air Plan for Wales, intended to act as a 'stepping stone' to new primary legislation on air quality, according to the Welsh government

Latest air pollution data shows that more than 80% of UK reporting zones have illegal levels of pollution. Click through to view an interactive map showing by how much each zone is breaching EU legal limits

Pollution incidents in Wales are increasing, according to Natural Resources Wales

Northern Ireland’s environment minister has given a cautious welcome to ambitions to set up an independent agency to oversee binding environmental targets

Theresa Villiers made her first big speech of the new parliament yesterday signalling that major environmental legislation would be arriving soon. Here’s what you need to know

Important deadlines relating to chemicals labelling, invasive alien species, environmental impact assessment, energy, marine conservation, climate change, waste management, water abstraction, and river basin management plans are coming up in December

High concentrations of antibiotics that could pose a significant risk to the aquatic environment have been detected in several wastewater treatment works in Northern Ireland, according to the environment agency