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Waste Waste and Recycling

Government issues guidance for councils on fly-tipping

Two government departments have issued guidance for local authorities on fly-tipping and the penalties they ...

Energy

Building resilient cities key to tackling effects of climate change

The EEA report Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016 – transforming cities in ...

Energy

Renewable energy: UK expected to miss 2020 targets

The UK is almost certain to miss its EU 2020 targets for renewable energy, the ...

Pollution Transport Transport & Highways

Mayor warns of air quality crisis in London

More than 400 schools across the capital are being exposed to air pollution that exceeds ...

Housing

Contaminated land – one to watch

Stephen Tromans QC and Victoria Hutton provide an overview of a Part 2A Inquiry concerning ...

Transport Transport & Highways

Rogue companies dump more than 1,000 cars near Gatwick Airport

A investigation by two councils and the police has uncovered more than a 1,000 vehicles ...

Waste Waste and Recycling

Brexit: council leaders call for key role in replacing EU laws

Local government must be given a ‘seat around the table’ when it comes to deciding ...

Pollution Transport Transport & Highways

Diesels more polluting below 18C, research suggests

Pollution from many popular diesel cars is much worse when it is colder than 18C ...

Energy Transport Transport & Highways

Warmer winters play important role in EU emissions drop

Significantly warmer winters have played an important role in the ongoing decline in EU greenhouse ...

Study unlocks surprising behaviour of soil bacteria

Newly sequenced genomes of soil bacteria have raised questions about how differing land management affects ...