BP calls on governments to tackle climate change despite coronavirus pandemic pressure
BP has called on governments to “press ahead” with commitments to tackle climate change even if they find their budgets under strain due to...
Bees’ Needs Week takes flight today
DEFRA-coordinated annual Bees’ Needs Week begun today with an online launch to highlight what everyone can be doing at home to care for pollinators.
Bees...
Emergency legislation in Scotland protects tenants from eviction during the coronavirus pandemic
PRIVATE and social tenants will be given increased protection from eviction during the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced.
Emergency legislation will increase the...
Flooding is causing increased ‘climate anxiety’ in children
INVOLVING children more in the aftermath of severe flood events could prove key to reducing fear of future disasters, according to new research.
Besides the...
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,...
£35k awarded to Thanet District Council to identify landlords who rent out cold homes
THANET District Council in Kent has been awarded £34,742 to support a ten-week ‘Thanet Cold Homes Finder’ project to target poorly insulated and energy-inefficient...
Wigan utility to axe 250 jobs
CALISEN has announced plans for a restructuring of its Lowri Beck business unit in Wigan, designed to make it 'a leaner, more efficient and...
Ofwat sets out options to protect customers from water company financing risk
Water regulator Ofwat has put forward options to strengthen water companies’ financial resilience in a new discussion paper.
The options are designed to require...
Over £294,000 for cycling facilities across Scottish schools and campuses
A COMBINED total of £294,814 has been awarded to 51 secondary schools, university and college campuses from the Scottish Government’s active travel budget and...
Climate change considerations not yet embedded across Government, says committee
On 29th of October the Environment and Climate Change Committee wrote to Alok Sharma, COP26 President, to highlight concerns about cross-Government delivery of the...
