Tesla for a taxi at Lancaster
LANCASTER City Council has just licensed its first electric private hire vehicle, a Model 3 Tesla.
Unlike most taxis, this one won’t be picking up...
£1m investment in street lighting in Kent
WORK is expected to start soon on upgrading street lighting across the Ashford borough in Kent, in an investment likely to cost up to...
Campaign tackles climate change by reducing meat in public sector meals
A CAMPAIGN to combat climate change by reducing meat consumption in meals served across UK public services was launched earlier this month.
Called #20percentlessmeat, the...
Severn Trent fined £800,000 for sewage discharges
SEVERN Trent Water has been fined £800,000 after allowing 3.8 million litres of raw sewage to enter a Shropshire stream from a local sewage...
New Heat Commission calls for a ban on installing new gas boilers from 2025
A NEW Heat Commission convened by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and University of Birmingham has called on the Government to ban the...
UK solar peak generation record broken and more expected as lockdown continues
CLEAR skies and cool temperatures have helped UK solar to break the all-time peak generation record.
Around 12.30pm yesterday, a peak of 9.68GW was recorded...
Nestlé plans to wrap up its virgin plastics use
NESTLÉ has announced that it will invest up to CHF 2 billion (approx £1,582,000,000) to move away from virgin plastics and to speed up...
Southern Water works with farmers to help reduce nitrates in Worthing and beyond
SPECIALIST teams at Southern Water have completed their first year of nitrate reduction measures for drinking water catchments in the Worthing area.
Southern Water’s catchment...
Additional capacity sought for Scottish Energy from Waste plant
REVISED plans are being lodged with Perth & Kinross Council to progress the £70 million development of a next generation Energy from Waste plant...
Warwick University scheme with Nissan gives a second life to electric vehicle batteries
REUSING high numbers of electric vehicle lithium ion batteries for domestic and industrial use is becoming a reality for Nissan with a new grading...
