Waste Prevention Programme plans unveiled while Scotland launches new recycling fund on Global Recycling...
Plans to reduce waste have been unveiled on Global Recycling Day, including proposals for new measures that aim to ramp up action on fast...
Green jobs and housing at the heart of Scotland’s COVID-19 recovery
Ensuring Scotland’s economic, health, and social recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is the focus of this year’s Programme for Government, published this week.
The First...
Sunderland receives £1.6m to build new social housing
Sunderland City Council has received a £1.6m grant from Homes England to help build new social housing in the city.
The council confirmed its plans...
New building safety plans in Wales at the centre of consultation
As part of plans to give Wales 'the most comprehensive building safety regime in the UK', a new white paper has been launched for...
New Competition and Markets Authority investigation looks at ‘greenwashing’
The Competition and Markets Authority will investigate descriptions and labels used to promote products and services claiming to be ‘eco-friendly’, and whether they could...
Plans to tackle global climate and health emergency get green light from Newham Council
'An ambitious and far-reaching' plan to address the global climate and health emergency was given the green light at a meeting of Newham Council...
Government policy and targets ‘insufficient’ to stem the tide of UK biodiversity loss, says...
The Environmental Audit Committee urges the Government to conserve and restore UK biodiversity and ecosystems in a new report, amid grave concern that of...
Committee to monitor net zero plans across Government departments
The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new workstream focused on the Government’s net zero strategy, following the Climate Change Committee’s warning that time...
Scottish Environment Protection Agency responds to cyber attack
On Christmas Eve, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) confirmed that it was responding to a 'significant' cyber attack affecting its contact centre, internal...
Two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970, new WWF report reveals
Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century due in large...
