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UK poised to ratify Paris climate deal

The UK is poised to ratify the world’s first comprehensive agreement on tackling climate change. ...

$More fracking gets go-ahead – but where’s the social licence?$

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More fracking gets go-ahead – but where’s the social licence?

This week saw councillors approving iGas’ planning application to frack two wells in Nottinghamshire. This represents another ...

Energy Features Pollution Transport Transport & Highways

No more smoke and mirrors over air pollution

The High Court has been in the news a lot recently. Shortly before three of ...

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Probe into health impacts of plastic pollution launched

The government is to investigate the effects of plastic microbeads on human health and the ...

Energy Features Pollution

EU on course to reach 2020 emissions target

Two new reports suggest the EU and its members are making steady progress towards climate change ...

Pollution

Green group wins in air pollution court battle

Campaigners have won the latest battle in a legal action against the UK government over ...

Features Water

‘Radical’ flood management model can deliver holistic strategy

MPs have outlined a ‘radical alternative’ model to the government’s planned changes to England’s flawed ...

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Q&A with Ian Gardner, global energy leader at Arup

A new report by the international engineering firm Arup has called on local leaders to ...

Energy Waste and Recycling

Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that the world’s capacity to generate electricity from renewable ...

Features Regeneration Water

Restoring urban rivers and lakes improves quality of life, report finds

The strategies and measures authorities in urban centres across Europe have taken to improve the ...