UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created in Dorset
SEVEN leading partners have come together to help protect wildlife by creating the UK’s first ever ‘super’ National Nature Reserve on the Purbeck Heaths...
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...
Single-use plastics to be banned in Wales in 2021
PLASTIC straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers are to be banned in Wales as part of wider measures to make Wales 'the...
Government agrees measures with energy industry to support vulnerable people through COVID-19
NEW emergency measures with the energy industry have been agreed by the government to protect the domestic energy supply of those most in need...
Sensor technology pilot examines real-time dam monitoring
SENSOR technology used in conjunction with satellites is being used to enhance monitoring of a North East reservoir dam, following a successful pilot project.
Northumbrian...
Teesside University partners with Quorn to drive protein sustainability
RESEARCH at Teesside University is helping one of the world’s prominent producers of meat substitutes to drive the sustainability and quality of its protein.
The...
Plans for UK’s first plastic to hydrogen facility approved
PEEL Environmental – part of Peel L&P – and Waste2Tricity have received unanimous planning consent from Cheshire West & Chester Council for the UK’s...
Scottish Water powers the way to their net zero goal with new energy trial
SCOTTISH Water is using innovation to produce hydrogen and oxygen from their waste water in a new energy trial.
As British Science Week concludes, the...
Anglian Water sets out how it is preparing for the impacts of climate change
ANGLIAN Water has become the first company to set out how it is preparing for the impacts of climate change in Defra’s latest round...
Minister accepts in principle new recommendations to end homelessness in Wales
THE WELSH Government has accepted in principle wide-ranging recommendations from a group of experts on what it needs to do to end homelessness in...
