The Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will...
Eleni Diamantopoulou writes
The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. After sixteen months of consideration in Parliament including a short ping-pong round between...
Lack of funding top barrier to sustainability action for 38% of UK businesses
The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase...
Green Gas Support Scheme application window extended to March 2028
The Department for Energy Strategy and Net Zero (DESNZ) announced on Saturday (21 October) that it was extending the deadline to apply to the...
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...
Li-ion battery risks reduced by VOC sensors
Photoionisation detection (PID) sensors are able to detect potential problems before they occur in the manufacture and use of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, and the...
Sponsored content: Water jetting injury research achieves global reach
A study commissioned by the Water Jetting Association into the management of high pressure fluid injection injuries has become one of the important research...
Where has the worst traffic noise?
Noise can have a significant impact on health, beyond just being annoying or disturbing sleep, according to results reported in June from a study...
Electric actuators awarded gas industry standard VA2/2020
National Gas has approved AUMA Actuators Limited's explosion-proof range of high-performance electric actuators with the Gas Industry Standard VA2/2020 certification.
Gas Industry Standard (GIS)/VA2/2020 specifies...
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...
Hundreds of refinery workers down tools over safety concerns in Fife
Unite claims ExxonMobil and contractors failing in ‘legal duty’ to protect and pay workers
Around 200 members of Unite the union had withdrawn their labour...
“Stop Battery Fires” public safety film launched
Film aims to raise awareness of fires caused by batteries in the waste stream
An apparent growth in reports of fires caused by batteries and...
London sees 60 percent spike in e-bike fires
London has seen a 60 percent increase in the number of e-bike fires so far this year, according to Deputy Fire Commissioner Dom Ellis...
Sponsored content: Jetting course gives sewer operators dual skills
Drainage operatives are benefitting from a new training course that helps develop essential knowledge and skills for using water jetting for surface cleaning.
The Drain,...
Fatalities and accidents decline in offshore wind, as safety organisation reviews progress
G+ members – comprising most of the biggest offshore wind operators in the world – have reported a record 44.6 million hours were worked...
EV Battery health concerns are the biggest barrier to used-EV sales, says new report
Addressing barriers to the second-hand EV market could help encourage over 17 million UK drivers to make the switch to electric, according to study.
The...
Egypt and UK sign MoU on water partnership
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between Egypt and a leading UK water sector trade association to establish a framework for bilateral...
Built environment tool to help with drawing up legal contracts
A new tool aims to help those in the property industry - from lawyers to surveyors - to navigate climate-aligned drafting. It helps drafters...
Sponsored Content: Sensitively sniffing out VOCs
Danati Fire and Safety is a leading investigator of fires and explosions covering Southern Africa. Their staff regularly use ION Science’s Tiger VOC detectors to help find organic chemicals that may be the source of a fire.
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...
Automation for the people: reducing injury in quarrying
Harrowing statistics from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work state that quarry workers are twice as likely to be killed in an accident...
