WJA system backs water jetters carrying out Covid-19 essential services
The Water Jetting Association has put in place an essential services notification system to assist its members in confirming that they have the right...
Urgent action needed to save ‘shovel-ready’ renewable heat projects, say UK biogas firms
Renewable energy projects in the agri-food sector excluded from BEIS’s RHI Covid-19 Extension
Includes 20MW of previously-eligible renewable heat projects on farms and...
Judges to consider legal challenge to new planning laws
A legal bid to halt sweeping changes to planning laws in the UK will be heard in October.
The challenge to the Statutory Instruments (SIs)...
Dundee to host conference on climate change science and law
This inaugural event will focus on identifying elements of a global climate consensus and the legal practicality of effective climate action
Barclays launches climate tech hub in Cambridge
Barclays has relaunched its Cambridge Eagle Lab with an apparently new focus on becoming a centre of excellence for climate tech start-ups.
The group says...
Cloud-based energy aggregation and battery waste innovators pick up low carbon funding awards for...
A cloud-based energy aggregation service has picked up the Shell Springboard and Shell LiveWIRE awards, securing £180,000 of equity free funding. Another award went...
What does the SVB collapse mean for technology firms?
(Written on 15 March)
A frenzy of finger pointing was well underway as technology commentators took stock of the SVB collapse and what it portends...
Keeping compliant across the UK: Differences in environmental legislation
Simon Knott of consultancy Naturally Compliant offers an overview of important differences in environmental legislation between the different countries in the UK .
Conservation Finance Project aims to drive significant investment into Scotland’s natural environment
An ambitious new initiative aims to pioneer new ways of funding nature conservation in Scotland through the launch of the £1 Billion Challenge.
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Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting PFAS
Sona Dadhania of market intelligence firm IDTechEx offers a brief look into the global regulatory landscape of PFAS, including findings from the group's new...
German subsidiary in the UK offers perspective on Brexit
Gas compression and conveying firm Aerzen Machines recently welcomed fifteen German business leaders and the German Minister for European and Federal Affairs and Regional...
Tax relief for innovation is on the up, but many firms missing out, says...
The government is giving more of a boost than ever before to the UK’s most innovative companies, according to the latest full-year statistics from...
World Economic Forum: “Investing less than 1% of world GDP into nature-based solutions can...
New study appears to find that a tripling of current investments into nature-based solutions is needed by 2030 to tackle the climate...
Environment directors urge Dutch government to rethink RDF import tax
A Local Government Association is calling on the Netherlands Government to think twice before levying a €32 per tonne tax on the import of Refuse Derived Fuel RDF
Climate tech investment falls 40% amid economic uncertainty
Climate tech investments from venture-capital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence, according to PwC’s...
£66 million package for technology, transport and housing to help kick start West Midlands...
Eight ‘shovel ready’ projects, ranging from the National Brownfield Land Institute to Very Light Rail developments are to benefit from £66 million of Government...
Ten market challenges with scaling renewables identified by new report
Professional services firm KPMG has launched Turning the tide in scaling renewables, described as a comprehensive report which pinpoints 10 pressing challenges defining the...
Environmental risk reduction firm announces changes to senior leadership team
Environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has announced changes to its senior leadership team effective 1 March 2021. The firm says the appointments...
England-only environmental watchdog post Brexit deeply flawed, planners warn
Proposals for a post-Brexit environmental watchdog that only has jurisdiction for England are deeply flawed and will not provide enough independent scrutiny of the...
Report calls for greenfield surcharge to encourage brownfield development
A new “greenfield surcharge” is among a series of practical proposals to encourage future brownfield development, according to a new report from member-funded group...
