Welsh Government aims to halve food waste by 2025
The Welsh Government has announced ambitious plans to have food waste by 2025. The Welsh cabinet secretary, Lesley Griffiths said
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Northumbrian Water to plant moss trees to combat pollution
Pollution-absorbing moss trees could be used to help make towns and cities healthier places to live and work, as part
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Blazing a trail for the next generation of environmentalists
As the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management’s (CIWEM) young environmentalist of the year, Matthew Jack is passionate about
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Khan publishes new draft environment strategy
London mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled the details of his new draft environment strategy, which aims to make the capital
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Air quality plan shows the car is still king
The government’s latest air quality plan represents yet another missed opportunity for real change, argues Rachel White of Sustrans Imagine
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Integration is the key to sustainable transport systems, says report
Civic leaders and planners will need to take a more integrated and tech-savvy approach if they are to develop sustainable
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Gove’s warm words on green Brexit
When Michael Gove was announced as the latest environment secretary it’s fair to say there was a collective groan from
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Combining smart technology with renewables to tackle climate change
A new study has looked at how investment in community-level renewable projects can help to meet the future energy needs
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War of words over energy-from-waste overcapacity figures
The Environmental Services Association has slammed figures released today which claim the UK will reach overcapacity in energy-from-waste infrastructure by
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Craft beer’s war against waste
In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of independent craft beer brewers around the country. And
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Illegal waste operators targeted by new partnership
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) and the Environment Agency have launched a new partnership to fight waste crime and illegal
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Communal energy project aims for UK first
A pilot community energy project in Nottingham is aiming to help generate an income for local residents by combining solar
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Ministers accused of ‘passing the buck’ on air quality
The government has been accused of ‘passing the buck’ after ministers finally published the details of its new air quality
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Forty years of fighting flood risks
There are not many people who can claim to have spent more than 40 years keeping our rivers and coasts
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Learning guides aim to inspire ‘DIY summer’
Communities are being urged to spend the summer holidays ‘future-proofing’ their local areas. Environmental charity Groundwork has published a series
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A smart approach could mean half of UK’s energy is renewable by 2030
A 50% renewable energy supply, which is both profitable and secure, is possible for the UK’s electricity grid by just
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Splitting from European energy market could push up costs, report warns
The UK government must keep co-operating with the EU post-Brexit on energy and climate change, according to a new report.
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UK’s first geothermal power station seeks investors
The peer-to-peer funding platform Abundance is to launch an investment bond for the first commercial geothermal power station in the
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Engaging the ‘yet to be mobilised’ in environmental activism
With cuts looming as an existential threat over local authorities, and the ongoing uncertainty of Brexit making life harder for
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New anaerobic digestion plant opens in London
A state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion plant has opened in London. The ReFood Dagenham plant will convert inedible food waste into renewable
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