Consultancies develop net zero 2030 routemap for UK water
Water industry experts from Ricardo and Mott MacDonald have collaborated to create what they describe as "a pioneering strategy that will guide the UK...
Utility’s approach to explosion risk assessment wins construction industry award
An innovative, industry-leading digital approach to explosion risk assessment has seen a win for Yorkshire Water, which was named as Digital Initiative of the...
Sponsored content: Seeking sustainability leaders
Eco tech business,Pawprint, has launched a countrywide search for the most climate conscious businesses to join their Pawprint Pioneers Program and become sustainability leaders in their fields.
Putting tanks to the test
Leaky tanks mean fugitive emissions, air pollution, increased risk of accident and - in the case of biogas operators - loss of product and revenue. On a mission to better inform and equip tank operators in relation to these risks is storage tanks expert Assentech. Envirotec asked the firm about important gaps to be plugged in the information commonly provided to tank specifiers, and in areas such as production testing, leak testing and tank calibration
Cooling a hidden threat for climate change and sustainable goals, says Oxford study
Past research suggests that growing international demand for cooling has the potential to drive one of the most substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions...
Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research...
Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of...
Scotland should follow on-demand bus schemes example of other UK regions, says charity
Schemes which would see passengers order on-demand bus services should be introduced in Scotland, a leading mobility charity has said.
The ‘flexible bus’ initiative would...
White vans go green: Half a million builders and plumbers needed to reach Net...
New research appears to show that a “retrofit army” of nearly half a million builders, electricians and plumbers will be needed to meet the Government’s objective of becoming Net Zero by 2050
Legal challenge to exclusion of waste incinerators from post-Brexit emissions trading scheme
A legal challenge has been issued to the Government’s decision to exclude municipal waste incinerators from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme - the replacement...
Up-scaling CO2 capture
Zürich-based Climeworks, a firm developing direct-air capture (DAC) technology, an ambitious approach to removing CO2 from the atmosphere, has signed the agreements with both Carbfix - a firm with a proprietary approach to turning CO2 into stone underground - and ON Power, an Icelandic geothermal energy provider
Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory...
Several European countries who are considered leaders in climate protection owe their apparently good emission reductions to biomass. These might turn out to look...
Monitoring an important greenhouse gas (Sponsored content)
By Juhani Lehto, Product Manager, Vaisala, Finland.
Scientists at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have employed Vaisala carbon dioxide sensors in their research...
UK Government appoints Arup as sustainability consultant for COP26
The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it...
Scrapping red diesel will add £1 per tonne to Council waste bills, says recovery...
Joseph Doherty, MD of Re-Gen Waste, which provides materials recovery facilities for Council waste in the UK, has questioned the wisdom of Government plans...
Future of business travel up in the air: overseas trips could be cut by...
The majority of sustainability professionals (89%) think their company’s overseas travel in the next two to three years will be significantly reduced compared to...
Sponsored content: Transportable VOC emissions analyser submitted for QAL1 certification
By James Clements, Managing Director, Signal Group
As a British developer and manufacturer of gas analysers, Signal Group follows the emergence of international Standards very...
Climate Week NYC to go ahead in September 2020
On 6 April, climate-action non-profit The Climate Group announced that Climate Week NYC will not be postponed and will take place as scheduled on...
Top tips for CEMS selection
When it comes to choosing the right emissions measurement solution, there are several key factors that need to be weighed at the outset.
Heathrow plans grounded
Plans to proceed with building a third runway at Europe's biggest airport were overturned by the Court of Appeal on 26 February, on environmental grounds, placing the future of the £14 billion project in doubt. Envirotec writes
Three billion tons less CO2 emissions by 2030 possible with photonics, says study
Photonics technologies can contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by three billion tons per year by 2030, according to a new study...
