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Time to break down the barriers stalling water efficient housing Partner content
Time to break down the barriers stalling water efficient housing
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
When environmental sustainability is talked about in construction circles, the focus is invariably on carbon and energy and it’s rare that water conservation is mentioned in the same breath. This is not surprising when this is also the case in society more widely. So, this Water Saving Week (13- 17 May) the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is stepping up efforts to get the conversation flowing like the very stuff we all need to survive.
Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing 'Menace' Grey Squirrels
Environment
Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing "Menace" Grey Squirrels
Tory MP Urges People To 'Think Carefully' Before Buying Puppies
Environment
Tory MP Urges People To "Think Carefully" Before Buying Puppies
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Environment
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t 'Get' Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Environment
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t "Get" Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Iceland Boss Accuses Rishi Sunak Of 'Neo-Trumpian' Climate Politics
Environment
Iceland Boss Accuses Rishi Sunak Of "Neo-Trumpian" Climate Politics
Environment Watchdog Has Financial Interest In Companies It Regulates
Environment
Environment Watchdog Has Financial Interest In Companies It Regulates
The House Live
Being bossy about green issues won’t get us to net-zero any faster
Environment
By John Redwood MP
Being bossy about green issues won’t get us to net-zero any faster
Skilled labour shortage is stunting our green revolution
Environment
By Alexander Stafford MP
Skilled labour shortage is stunting our green revolution
We cannot afford to wait for a Labour government to power ahead to net-zero
Environment
By Afzal Khan MP
We cannot afford to wait for a Labour government to power ahead to net-zero
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Jeremy Corbyn Risks Total Exclusion From Labour After Accepting Donation
Jeremy Corbyn Risks Total Exclusion From Labour After Accepting Donation
Political parties
All The MPs Standing Down At The Next General Election
All The MPs Standing Down At The Next General Election
Political parties
MP Admits Fellow Tories Have 'Checked Out'
MP Admits Fellow Tories Have "Checked Out"
Political parties
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The Minette Batters interview: 'I’m fed up with agriculture being deemed low-skilled, low-paid'
Environment
By Tali Fraser
The Minette Batters interview: 'I’m fed up with agriculture being deemed low-skilled, low-paid'
Brexit thrust farmers into the centre of political debate for the first time in generations. Minette Batters tells Tali Fraser what it’s been like to be in the eye of the ‘tornado’
Steve Reed interview: 'There’s a definite perception Labour doesn’t get rural voters'
Environment
By Sienna Rodgers
Steve Reed interview: 'There’s a definite perception Labour doesn’t get rural voters'
Shadow Defra secretary Steve Reed talks to Sienna Rodgers about Labour’s drive to win back rural voters, how the party plans to show respect for the countryside, and his recipe for the perfect roast potato
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t 'Get' Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Environment
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t "Get" Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Rural voters feel the Labour Party does not "get" them, shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary Steve Reed has said in an interview with The House magazine.
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Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA responds to OV tender result in England
The Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA) has today confirmed the award of contracts to five regional Delivery Partners in England to deliver bovine TB testing and other Official Veterinarian (OV) services.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
New kids on the block? Vets issue ‘must-know’ facts on keeping goats as Chinese Year of the Goat starts
As Chinese New Year on Thursday (19 February 2015) ushers in the Year of the Goat, leading veterinary experts have issued some surprising facts and must-know advice to goat lovers and keepers in the UK.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Forest Research E.ON to lead ETI project on characterising UK grown bioenergy feedstocks
Forest Research E.ON chosen to deliver latest ETI bioenergy project Research project will investigate the variability of UK-produced biomassproperties Project involves the sampling and analysis of different types of UK-produced biomass
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
New Royal Charter comes into effect
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) new Royal Charter has come into effect today (Tuesday 17 February), meaning that the whole of the veterinary nursing profession in the UK is now regulated.
Partner content
Environment
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald study identifies need for new policies to address integration of variable renewables
A study by Mott MacDonald has concluded that new policies are required for the successful integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies into markets and power systems. The study found that while many of these technologies can provide the additional benefit of promoting efficient markets, policy makers will need to tailor their interventions to suit their country specific factors.
The final day of the Triffids Partner content
Environment
By Law Commission
The final day of the Triffids
New powers to eradicate damaging foreign plants and animals will soon come into effect after receiving Royal Assent.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Scottish Government review of exotic pet trade
The British Veterinary Association (BVA), together with its Scottish Branch and the British Veterinary Zoological Society (BVZS), has welcomed the Scottish Governments review of the exotic pet trade, announced by Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Britain bursting with unwanted pets – Discussion Forum looks at legislative loopholes
Loopholes in animal welfare legislation could be the cause of a rise in unwanted, neglected and sick animals, vets at the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) annual Discussion Forum in June will claim.
Partner content
Environment
By Law Commission
A new approach to controlling invasive non-native plants and animals
New powers to control and eradicate invasive non-native plants and animals are introduced as the Infrastructure Act 2015 receives Royal Assent, giving effect to reforms recommended by the Law Commission.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Charollais index updated to reduce days to slaughter
Signet Breeding Services has produced a new breeding index to improve the growth rates and the speed of finishing Charollais-sired lambs
Partner content
Environment
By British Gas
British Gas meets new energy efficiency target four months early, helping a third of a million households stay warm in winter
British Gas today confirmed it has met its first Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) target four months early, completing the work in December 2014, well ahead of the March 2015 deadline.
Partner content
Environment
By WWF
Party leaders join show the love campaign
Following a week where hundreds of thousands of people showed the love for all that could be lost to climate change, UK politicians from the three main political parties have also pledged their support.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Festive beef sales top the Christmas tree
Increased demand for beef during the Christmas period lead to year-on-year sales growth in both value and volume, according to AHDB/EBLEX analysis of the latest Kantar Worldpanel data.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Mind Matters: substantial funding announced
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has announced a total of 1 million funding to address mental health and wellbeing within the veterinary profession over the next five years.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Disciplinary Committee refuses restoration of former veterinary surgeon to the Register
A former veterinary surgeon who was struck off in 1994, had his third application for restoration to the Register refused by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Disciplinary Committee this week.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
EBLEX to showcase product advances on global stage
Exciting new beef and lamb product developments will be highlighted by EBLEX at the International Food and Drink Exhibition (IFE).
UK economy on the rocks? Scotch Whisky industry contributes £5 billion a year
Environment
By Alan Reid
UK economy on the rocks? Scotch Whisky industry contributes £5 billion a year
Argyll and Bute MP Alan Reid writes about his adjournment debate today on the 'Economic contribution of Scotch whisky industry'
Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Concern at u-turn on fracking protections in Infrastructure Bill
CPRE has today expressed disappointment that the Government has gone back on its previous commitment and chosen not to implement amendments ensuring greater safeguards on fracking in the Infrastructure Bill.
Next decade 'crucial' if UK is to hit carbon targets Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Next decade 'crucial' if UK is to hit carbon targets
The next decade is critical if the UK is to have an affordable, low carbon energy system by 2050, according to the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
The next decade is critical if the UK is to have an affordable, low carbon energy system by 2050 – ETI report
ETI publishes insights into how the UK needs to prepare for a transition to a low carbon energy system
Partner content
Environment
By Mott MacDonald
San Pedro III solar plant achieves financial close, Chile
The US$114 million San Pedro III solar photovoltaic plant, located near Calama in Chile, has successfully reached financial close. Mott MacDonald was lenders technical advisor during the projects financing and is now monitoring construction of the plant.
We must protect the world's forests Partner content
Environment
By WWF
We must protect the world's forests
WWF highlights the global threat to forests and what the UK can do to combat this. It has set up the forest campaign to help this effort
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Upcoming webinar on veterinary nursing and the law
The RCVS will be holding a lunchtime webinar looking at the legal issues around veterinary nursing and their implications for the veterinary team.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Statement about MRSA in piglets in eastern England
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) have issued a statement about the isolation of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) from piglets in eastern England as reported in the Veterinary Record
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
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Net Zero Week 2024