Horizontal lifeline safety systems help with EA river maintenance
Safesite Limited has installed a number of horizontal lifeline safety systems for the Environment Agency to allow essential maintenance and recordings of river levels...
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...
Fleet operator scheme urges greater awareness of drug and alcohol impairment risk
Fleet operator accreditation scheme FORS* is urging operators to be extra vigilant when it comes to managing drug and alcohol impairment this summer. In...
One in five in the UK negatively affected by noisy roads
Traffic noise is disrupting the daily lives of Britons with 81% able to hear road noises around their property and one in seven (17%)...
Listen up: Limited time offer on noise monitoring equipment
According to estimates from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 21,000 workers suffered with work related hearing problems between 2017 and 2019, with industrial...
Live forum to tackle technical questions at Health & Safety Scotland event
3M has announced it will once again be partnering with Western Business Exhibitions, organisers of the Health & Safety Events portfolio, to create a...
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...
Leeds City Council waives ticket costs for air quality conference
An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October,...
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...
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...
Assessing the Scottish Government’s ambitions for transport electrification: Realistic or not?
Neil Bruce of Edinburgh based law firm Burness Paull LLP takes an in-depth look at what is needed in terms of policy and investment...
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...
When asbestos removal goes wrong
UKATA explains what to do when the best laid plans fail
In the light of several cases where asbestos has been incorrectly removed, or improperly...
Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory...
A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises "the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction...
Sponsored content: Adler and Allan announces new brand
Leading environmental risk reduction company Adler and Allan has launched a new brand and logo
£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...
Sponsored Content: Industrial safety award-winner showcases success
OBW Technologies is a leading national provider of portable and fixed gas detection instruments and solutions, based in Ireland. Over the last 10 years, says the firm, they have brought together a team with the best minds in gas detection using the best technology to advise their clients on all aspects of their fixed and portable gas detection requirements.
Firms partner to develop “game-changing technology for offshore wind operations and maintenance”
Offshore wind specialist Ørsted has acquired a 22.5% share in Pict Offshore, the Scottish developer of an innovative technology that it is claimed will...
Bankability of early stage renewables projects will drive economic growth in emerging markets, says...
Sustainable energy consultancy K2 Management has launched a report titled Pre-construction projects: The battle to reduce uncertainty and improve business case bankability, in partnership...
Start-up spotlight: Recycling waste plastic into bricks
A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same.
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