Common treatments used on cattle have devastating impacts on wildlife, new study reveals
EXPERTS have stressed an urgent need to find alternatives to wormers and anti-ectoparasitic products used widely on cattle, following the findings of a study...
BEIS aims to publish energy white paper despite coronavirus outbreak
THE DEPARTMENT for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is aiming to have the long-awaited energy white paper out in spring.
Speaking to Current± before...
Business giants take action to preserve world’s water resources
THE CHIEF executives of 11 large corporations, including The Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft and Heineken, have partnered up to have a net-positive impact on water...
Toilet roll alternatives are blocking North East sewers
NORTHUMBRIAN Water is tackling the increasing number of sewers clogged up by flushed toilet roll alternatives as the coronavirus outbreak affects access to toilet...
Renewables generated a record-amount of UK electricity in 2019
STATISTICS released today by the Government show that renewables generated a record 36.9% of the UK’s electricity in 2019, more than half of which...
A new £30m network of industrial centres electrify vehicle research
NEWCASTLE University is leading a national network of four centres to enable faster collaborative research and development of electric machines - including cars, planes...
Water could run out in parts of England within 20 years, NAO says
THE GOVERNMENT must take action now to prevent parts of southern England running out of water within 20 years, according to a National Audit...
Psychologists study mental health and social impacts of COVID-19
PSYCHOLOGISTS at the University of Sheffield have launched a study of the mental health and social impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic to understand how...
‘We have to understand more on how illnesses transfer to help prevent pandemics like...
THE UK should invest in better understanding of diseases in wildlife populations, and the routes to these becoming human diseases to drastically reduce the...
Hinkley Point C site remains open amidst Coronavirus concerns
HINKLEY Point C site remains operational while the government faces pressure to stop non-essential construction work to prevent spreading of the Coronavirus, EDF announced...
