Depression and anxiety spiked after lockdown announcement, mental health study shows
A SPIKE in the number of people reporting significant levels of depression and anxiety was seen immediately following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a...
New support for councils to enforce rules banning landlords renting homes with worst energy...
£4.3 million of extra funding for councils across the country designed to support them make an extra 100,000 engagements with the most difficult to...
Seaweed sauce sachets stir up sustainability shift
Just Eat restaurant partners tackles plastic pollution with a trial a range of Hellmann’s sauces served in seaweed-based sachets.
The trial, supported by the Innovate...
Government brings regulation of heat networks into line with other utilities
THOUSANDS of customers on heat networks are expected to benefit from new protections under plans launched on 5 February.
The proposed measures seek to ensure...
Former MP Melanie Onn appointed as RenewableUK Deputy CEO
RENEWABLEUK has appointed Melanie Onn, a former MP for Great Grimsby, as the organisation’s new Deputy Chief Executive.
In her new role she will focus...
Government responds to Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes-report
The Government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes has been published.
According to the Committee, the response 'does...
Vehicle-to-grid trial reveals growth of households owning multiple EVs
MANY households with an electric vehicle already have a second EV or are considering getting one in the near future but this ‘clustering’ will...
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change calls on ‘sustainable economic response’ to COVID-19
INSTITUTIONAL Investors Group on Climate Change has issued a statement setting out ways to ensure the economic response to the corona pandemic is 'sustainable,...
Slithering sewer snake surprises staff
BRAVE Thames Water engineer rescued a deadly metre-long cobra which had slithered into Basingstoke Sewage Works.
The snake was spotted as workers carried out an...
Social housing sector responds to Chancellor’s mini-budget
PARTS of Rishi Sunak's recovery plans following the coronavirus pandemic are welcomed but more investment is needed, social housing executives declare.
The Summer Statement announcement...
