Complaint launched after government misses legal deadline on environmental protections
On 1 November green groups submitted a letter of complaint to Defra after the Government failed to meet a legal deadline on setting new...
120-fold increase in CCUS needed to hit global net zero target
CCUS needs new business models; state subsidies alone may not create needed growth, says says McKinsey & Company report
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)...
Increase in renewables sees Irish winter energy prices drop below historic average by 2027
Data from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight Ireland’s third ‘All-Island Power Market Outlook to 2030’ report has forecast Ireland is set to reach its 80%...
Planning reforms would incentivise rooftop solar in Scotland
The Scottish government has pledged to consult on lifting the need to obtain planning permission for larger solar installations on non-domestic buildings.
In a letter...
Chemists set out plan to reduce environmental footprint
A new action plan to make laboratory research more environmentally sustainable has been unveiled by the Royal Society of Chemistry after a study revealed...
The circular city in 2040 cuts today’s energy needs by 75 percent, says consultancy
Engineering and architectural consultancy Sweco has produced calculations seemingly showing that, with circular urban planning, future cities can save as much as 75 percent...
Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme
Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, the firms selected from the...
UK Space Agency offers £4m funding boost to clear space junk
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) announced in late September that two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk. ClearSpace and...
Don’t hoard small items, experts urge consumers ahead of International E-waste Day
Event runs with the slogan: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’
Roughly 5.3 billion mobile or smartphones will drop out of use this year,...
New measures and research needed to tackle ecological impact of pharmaceuticals
A group of international researchers has issued a warning about the increase in pharmaceutical contamination in the environment, with suggestions about how it might...
Smokers blind to devastating impact of butts on the environment, suggests survey
New research from environmental charity Hubbub seems to reveal just over 1 in 4 smokers (28%) are aware that cigarette butts are made from...
Drive to net zero at risk from “almost useless” myriad of data, warns UK...
A lack of common carbon emissions reporting standards across industry “risks completely undermining the UK’s drive to net zero”, a leading UK strategic manufacturing...
Report highlights “glaring gap in the UK’s Net Zero Strategy”
A new report sets out to explain - in direct terms - why the UK Government’s current Net Zero Strategy (NZS) falls significantly short...
Fracking vs local democracy: The struggle continues
The government’s lifting of the moratorium on fracking on 22 September was accompanied by assurances that it would only take place where there was...
Call for government to make swift decision on ban on plastic in wet wipes
The government needs to make an immediate decision on banning plastic in wet wipes in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up...
SDG for wastewater treatment is not enough, according to new modelling approach
While achieving the United Nations (UN) ambitious Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for wastewater treatment would cause substantial improvements in global water quality, severe water...
Extracting metals from end-of-life EV batteries: CO2-based solution is potential game changer
A new technique offers a less energy-intensive way to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, and uses carbon dioxide for...
Measurements show huge methane peaks in the atmosphere after the Nord Stream leaks
The methane leak resulting from the damage to the Nord Stream gas lines in the Baltic Sea is estimated to be equal to the...
Not-so-bright new dawn? Observers respond to the Government’s Growth Plan 2022
Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many...
SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland
Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. The figures...
