Hydrogen alliance: UK-German cooperation intended to boost technology and trade
The governments of the UK and Germany have signed a new agreement they say will help accelerate the development of an international hydrogen industry...
Climate resilience must be guiding principle of urban development, argues new report
A new report, ‘Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis’, argues that climate resilience must be embraced as a...
What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
By Katherine Richardson, Professor in Biological Oceanography, University of Copenhagen, and Xuemei Bai, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University, writing in The Conversation.
As far as...
Cheltenham methane leak detected from space
In what seems to be a first, a UK methane leak has been spotted from space, and mitigated. Methane leaking from a faulty pipe...
Scottish Water tops water company performance survey
A strong performance on contractual approach, collaboration and communication has catapulted Scottish Water to the top of the 2023 annual water company survey carried...
UK government’s attempt to loosen nutrient neutrality rules blocked by the House of Lords
The government has lost its bid to scrap nutrient neutrality rules for housing developments, with Labour Lords voting to reject the proposed amendments (to...
Pilot plant for recycling plastic lab waste is a UK first
A pilot plant on the University of Bath campus is said to be able to recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to...
Amnesty International: Industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries is leading to...
The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to the forced eviction of entire...
£6.6m invested in the UK’s supply of critical materials for magnets
The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of...
Drill dominion: First ever CfDs awarded for geothermal energy
The first Contracts for Difference (CfD) have been awarded for geothermal energy in what seems to be a major milestone for home-grown power and...
Government support called for as single-use vape disposal quadruples to over 5 million per...
The number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away has soared from 1.3 million to nearly 5 million per week, according to new research from...
Government’s renewables targets at risk as auction sees no bids for offshore wind
The government has today (8 September) unveiled the results of its fifth Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction (AR5), securing 3.7GW of renewable capacity. This...
“It’s a mess” – businesses warned not to be caught out by latest EPR...
Environmental data specialist Ecoveritas has warned businesses not to be caught off-guard following the Environment Agency's announcement on 5 September that it is delaying...
A “game-changer” for plastic pollution: First draft of Global Reuse Target published
Countries to adopt “reuse targets” if text is adopted
Environmental charity City to Sea has today (4 September) welcomed the inclusion of reuse targets1 in...
Thermo-active road solution could help prevent potholes
The method could help prevent potholes caused by freezing and thawing in the winter, according to researchers at the University of Surrey
A project that...
Licence to spill? Legislative status of government’s new plans unclear
River conservation groups reacted with alarm to the news (on 29 August) that the government plans to ease restrictions on developers' need to ensure...
PFAS detected in single-use paper drinking straws
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were found in 18 out of 20 brands of paper drinking straws tested by researchers from the University of...
UK and NZ come closer on water knowledge
A new knowledge-sharing partnership is bringing the UK and New Zealand closer together on shared water challenges. WRc, a centre of excellence in water...
Widespread contamination of PFAS in drinking water reported by US EPA testing results
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its first tranche of testing data for PFAS in drinking water, on 17 August, which seemed to find...
Space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, but bone marrow fat may come...
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet inserts blood samples for project MARROW into the -80°C laboratory freezer aboard the ISS.
A study of 14 astronauts suggests that while...
