United Kingdom Environment News

Manufacturers and importers of chemicals must pre-register their chemicals with the European Chemicals Agency between 1st June and...

The European Commission has published a working document on the proposed Directive on the geological storage of carbon...

The European Commission has said that it wants to review the Clean Development Mechanism which enables European industries...

22 February DEBRR Consultation on funded decommissioning programme guidance for new nuclear power stations www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page44784.html Responses are required...

HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM Current Hearings Possible Anti-Competitive Behaviour in the...

The European Parliament's Environment Committee is sticking to its first reading amendments to the revisions to the waste...

At the start of April DEFRA published details of the content of the forthcoming Marine Bill. A central...

EU LEGISLATIVE TIMETABLE YEAR 2008 COM NO: PROC NO RSP PROCEDURE 08 2553 TITLE: European strategies for biological...

EU Environment Commissioner, Stavros Dimas, has stressed the importance of the EU adopting the Climate Action and Renewable...

The CERT (Carbon Emissions Reduction Target) scheme, which came into effect on 1st April, doubles previous obligations on...

The Government is to provide more than 100 million [pounds sterling] over the next three years to the...

UK 7 May. Climate Change and the Water Sector. London. Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)....

Air Quality The results of the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory for 2006 have been published by DEFRA. This...

The German car industry has expressed its opposition to measures which would cap carbon dioxide emissions from many...

The European Commission is consulting over proposals to toughen the energy performance of buildings Directive. (2002/91/EC) which requires...

The European Commission has published preliminary figures showing 2007 carbon emissions information. The EU's climate change strategy commits...

Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has held a summit of experts on biofuels following the review of the environmental...

A survey of 847 construction industry professionals by the Chartered Institute of Building found that 67% of respondents...

A research centre to analyse how society should respond to the challenge of climate change is being established...

Landfill tonnages have fallen by 18% between 2001 and 2006 and the number of licensed landfill sites has...