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Articles tagged with: Climate & Environment
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Environment
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
CIEH comments on ClientEarth's legal warning to Government
Following ClientEarths final legal warning to the UK government to act on air pollution, Howard Price, Principal Policy for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), said:
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Community woodland pilot offers funding to nurture new woodland lovers
Communities across the North of England are being offered funding from a 170,000 pot to manage and own their local woods.
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Environment
By University of Exeter
University of Exeter environment expert appointed to advise the Government
A University of Exeter academic has been appointed as an advisor to help the Government develop and implement a new 25 year plan for the environment.
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI appoints Decision Analysis Services to deliver a new project to identify what is required to enable the deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed Decision Analysis Services (DAS), a UK independent engineering and management consultancy to deliver its new Small Modular Reactor Deployment Enablers project.
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Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
CIWM says Scotland’s Circular Economy Strategy is a “thoughtful and pragmatic vision”
CIWM has welcomed the Scottish Circular Economy strategy launched yesterday as a thoughtful and pragmatic vision to shape and drive Scotlands progress on this agenda.
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Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Defra’s five-year plan is inadequate, says CIWM
Responding to the publication of Defras Single Departmental Plan: 2015 to 2020 last week, CIWM has expressed disappointment at the lack of reference to waste and resource management, as well as wider climate change issues.
Calor Gas supports Bill to reduce diesel emissions in cities Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Calor Gas supports Bill to reduce diesel emissions in cities
Calor Gas welcome Geraint Davies MP's Ten Minute Rule Motion ‘Air Quality’ Bill focusing on improving air quality in urban areas and the creation of more clean air zones.
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Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Lords committee calls for Government to change course on housing
CPRE today welcomes the first report from a new cross-party House of Lords select committee on the built environment.
Environmental case for Remain 'should be clearly and forcefully put' Partner content
Environment
By PoliticsHome
Environmental case for Remain 'should be clearly and forcefully put'

Former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson, father of the Mayor of London, is clear on the environmental benefits of the EU ahead of today's critical Summit: "By being ‘in’ we have improved our beaches, cleaned up the air we breathe, helped to preserve our wildlife and set standards for animal welfare" he writes.
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Landmark global conference held to discuss prevention of spread of tree pests and diseases
Landmark global conference held to discuss prevention of spread of tree pests and diseases
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Northern Ireland's woodland and wildlife
The Woodland Trust has an exceptional opportunity to fit the missing and final pieces of a landscape jigsaw in the beautiful Faughan Valley, not far from the city of Derry/Londonderry.
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Environment
By University of Exeter
Scientists: think more broadly to predict wildlife climate change survival
Scientists studying whether wildlife can adapt to climate change should focus on characteristics such as what they eat, how fast they breed and how well they survive in different habitats rather than simply on how far they can move, a conservation biologist at the University of Exeter says.
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Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Committee report falls short of vital rural exemption
The Communities and Local Government select committee released its second report of evidence on housing associations and the right to buy yesterday.
Making the case to protect ancient woodland to the HS2 Bill Committee Partner content
Transport
By Woodland Trust
Making the case to protect ancient woodland to the HS2 Bill Committee
The Woodland Trust's Senior Conservation Advisor Richard Barnes writes following his appearance in front of the HS2 Bill Committee presenting the Trust's evidence to protect ancient woodlands along the proposed route.
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI to invest £500,000 to further develop the University of Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes project
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is to invest nearly 500,000 to support the continued development of the University of Nottinghams Creative Energy Homes project.
George Osborne urged to abandon fuel duty escalator in order to meet air quality targets Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
George Osborne urged to abandon fuel duty escalator in order to meet air quality targets
The Government is being urged to remove the fuel duty escalator on Liquid Petroleum Gas, in order to meet its air quality targets.
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI responds to Energy and Climate Change Committee Inquiry into Setting the Fifth Carbon Budget
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has submitted its response to the Energy and Climate Change Committees Inquiry into Setting the Fifth Carbon Budget.
'I want to open our environment to new people' - Defra Secretary Partner content
Environment
By Dods Monitoring
'I want to open our environment to new people' - Defra Secretary
Environment Secretary Liz Truss calls for the modernisation of Defra and an open data revolution across Whitehall.
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Outputs from ETI marine energy project lead to new and improved certification and standards for tidal turbines and arrays
A new set of standards for the design and operation of tidal turbines has been published based on the outputs of a project in the Energy Technologies Institutes (ETI) marine technology programme.
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Transport
By Woodland Trust
Woodland Trust fury at HS2 Ltd incompetence throughout Hybrid Bill process
HS2 Ltd preparation for the Hybrid Bill includes error after error, flawed calculations, and methods that go against Government guidance in its vain attempts to justify loss and damage to 63 ancient woods along the first phase of the route, says the Woodland Trust.
For Carbon Capture the future looks anything but green
Environment
By Lord Teverson
For Carbon Capture the future looks anything but green
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Teverson writes following his Lords question this week on the UK's potential for the development of carbon capture and storage.
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Four UK trees need your votes in European Tree of the Year contest
An Estonian banknote, the Emperor Charlemagne and the Suffragette Movement; all have links to the finalists in the 2016 European Tree of the Year contest. People across the country are being urged to vote, which runs throughout February, with trees nominated from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland alongside 11 others from the European mainland.
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Economy
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Great Britain's young entrepreneurs rise to the litter challenge
Coca-Cola Enterprises Real Business Challenge partners with industry groups to raise awareness with younger generations
Calls for 200m new trees to protect UK against floods Partner content
Environment
By Confor
Calls for 200m new trees to protect UK against floods
MPs and peers are set to consider how planting trees could help to prevent flooding, as families across the UK continue to deal with the aftermath of the latest bout of extreme weather.