Man pollutes stream with 60,000 litres of cooking oil
A Somerset man has been handed a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to polluting a stream and nearby properties…
Author: Andy Jessop
Recycling fund worth £5.75 million given to Welsh councils
It has been announced by Lesley Griffiths MP, who is the cabinet Secretary for Environmental and Rural Affairs, that a…
Andrea Leadsom appointed as environmental secretary
Andrea Leadsom, former Minister of State for Energy, has been appointed by the Prime Minister as the new Secretary of…
Post-Brexit farming subsidies must protect environment say 84 groups
A letter has been sent to new Prime Minister, Theresa May, urging the government to ensure that new trade agreements…
Theresa May: what is her stance on the environment?
With a new Prime Minister in office, the second in this Tory Government, it is perhaps time to take a…
Supermarkets blamed for food waste amidst customer overspending
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has launched an investigation to look into the economic, social and environmental…
Welsh farmers given three months to register waste exemption
It has been announced by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) that all farmers within the country who have waste on their…
Plastic waste from UK accumulating in Arctic
According to experts from the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, a large fraction of plastic waste from the UK…
Frozen food confusion leading to tonnes of wastage watchdog warns
The Food Standard Agency (FSA) has warned that common myths and misconceptions surrounding freezing has led to people throwing away…
Solar energy breaks records in June
It has been announced by the Solar Trade Association (STA) that solar power hit record highs in the UK last…