85% of local authorities now own solar panels, report reveals
The Solar Trade Association has produced a report which reveals how many local authorities are utilising solar technology. They analysed
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In practice: how smart water treatment could reduce plastic waste
Developments in smart water treatment can be an important factor in the erosion of the UK’s huge waste plastic pile,
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Report shines light on the barriers to healthy placemaking
Design Council worked with Social ChangeUK to survey over 600 built environment practitioners across the UK to understand their views
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In practice: how automation is revolutionising waste
Writing for Environment Journal, Dr Benjamin Eule of Stadler Engineering explains how equipment automation is driving the future of waste management.
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Offshore sector supplies enough electricity to power 20% of UK homes, report finds
The Crown Estate has announced in its latest report, published this week, that in 2017 the offshore sector supplied the
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Car manufacturers are holding back low emissions vehicles, campaigners say
Green transport campaigners Transport and Environment (T&E) has accused car manufacturers of delaying more efficient models until 2019 to clear
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Gove calls on sports industry to tackle plastic waste
Environment secretary Michael Gove will use the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week to call on the sporting industry
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Group calls for garden city commitment from ministers
A group of 50 organisations have called on the government to demonstrate its continued support for delivering new garden villages,
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Scientists announce plastic eating breakthrough
Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of the world’s most commonly polluting plastics, and they believe it
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UK pledges £61.4m to help clean up oceans
The UK government has announced a £61.4m package of funding which it hopes will aid global research and help countries
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How a green economy can promote growth
Dustin Benton is policy director at Green Alliance and he is writing for Environment Journal following his contribution to the
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Renewable fuels given government boost
The Government has introduced new regulations which they hope will see the amount of renewable fuel blended in with petrol
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Estate residents start renewable trading energy
Residents on a Hackney housing estate have started trading renewable energy with each other, as part of a pilot blockchain
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Government announce £320m fund for heat networks
The government has announced a new scheme for consumers and non-domestic users such as hospitals, schools and council buildings to
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UK-based floating solar farm factory to begin production
AqvaFloat has announced that they are due to begin production of floating systems for solar farms across the UK and
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Human and environmental economics: 15 minutes with…Christian Felber, author and economist
Christian Felber is an economist who founded the Economy for the Common Good, an economic model which focuses on the well-being
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NHS uses 334,000 disposable coffee cups a day, new data reveals
Coffee retailers such as Starbucks and Costa Coffee have been under increased pressure to reduce the amount of waste created
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Waitrose to outlaw disposable coffee cups by Autumn
The supermarket will initially stop the sale of disposable cups in 9 stores from April 30, with a nationwide rollout
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World’s most powerful wind turbine installed in Scotland
The turbine is the first of 11 to be deployed at the Vattenfall-owned facility in Aberdeen Bay and the developers
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Northumbrian Water to be powered solely from renewables
All of Northumbrian Water’s 1,858 sites will be run using power generated from renewable electricity after signing a deal worth
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