This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment. Thirteen new industrial clusters from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, …
A marine drone called the WasteShark is busy cleaning up plastic waste off the coast of Devon in the United Kingdom, according to the Independent. The “shark,” an electric vehicle that traverses waterways, can autonomously gather up to 132 pounds of plastic waste at a time. If it’s deployed five …
Cars should be banned from idling near schools and congestioncharges imposed across the UK as part of measures recommended by the government public health agency. In a report on Monday, Public Health England (PHE) will warn that up to 40,000 people are dying each year from air pollution. Prof Paul …
Activists poured hundreds of litres of fake blood into the road outside Downing Street to demand action on climate change. Police stood by watching, without making any arrests, as protesters simultaneously tipped up buckets of the red liquid, which spread across the breadth of the road. An estimated 400 demonstrators …
The UK is one of the most vulnerable nations to the toxic fumes spewed out by ships, according to a new study. Analysis by transport experts reveals more than 3,000 British deaths each year can be attributed to shipping emissions. Pollution from boats is linked to early deaths as the …
A London council has been accused of “covering up” the borough’s air pollution crisis and “putting citizens lives at risk” by failing to monitor levels of poisonous particles in the air. Last year air pollution on Brixton Road in Lambeth was so severe it broke its annual legal limit by …
Half of motorists are in favour of clean air zones – even if they are charged for entering them, a survey has claimed. Birmingham and Leeds are among the cities set to introduce the zones to improve air quality where drivers will potentially require drivers to pay a fee. The …
Firefighters battled a series of wildfires in Britain on Wednesday, including a large moorland blaze outside the northern English city of Manchester, as the country experienced its warmest winter weather on record. A fire started on Tuesday evening on Saddleworth Moor, an expanse of hills that is popular with hikers. …
Britain’s draft environment bill would create loopholes around its guiding principles and too much government influence over its green watchdog, legal experts told parliament members on Wednesday. The Environment Bill is to replace EU environment law after Brexit, addressing clean air, nature protection, waste management, resource efficiency, water and other …
NEW DELHI: A “moderate” day in Delhi is an “emergency” in London. And the UK is still looking to clean up its air even further. Professor Frank Kelly, chair in environmental health at King’s College London, who was in the city to attend the World Sustainable Development Summit 2019, told …
British-grown potatoes, vegetables and fruit are at risk as growers struggle to cope with extreme and unpredictable weather, made more likely by climate change. Apple growers lost around 25% of their harvest in 2017 due to unexpectedly late frosts. Carrot (down a reported 25-30%) and onion yields (reportedly down 40% …
The NHS could save £319m over the next 21 years if cycling in major UK cities becomes as popular as in London, according to a report by an environmental charity. About 34,000 incidences of type 2 diabetes, stroke, breast cancer and depression would be prevented in seven key cities between …
Paleontologists are begging the New Zealand government to immediately halt the trade in the priceless bones of the extinct moa bird, fearing that millions of years of science is disappearing as entire skeletons are broken up and sold over the internet or smuggled overseas. Moa, giant flightless birds which stood …
Britain on Monday pledged to fight air pollution and introduce new legislation this year on air quality to save lives and billions of pounds for the economy. The government said Britain would become the first major economy to adopt air quality goals based on World Health Organization recommendations regarding people’s …
The government has set out new plans on air pollution that ministers say go beyond existing EU rules, with a pledge to improve air quality nationwide to the standards the World Health Organization (WH0) recommends. Farmers will be subject to such air quality regulations for the first time to cut …
The case for: ‘Children’s lungs can’t wait’ “I’m just really glad the ULEZ is coming. Children’s lungs can’t wait,” says Jemima Hartshorn, a Brixton resident who helped set up campaign group Mums For Lungs. London’s filthy air makes chronic illnesses worse, shortens life expectancy and damages lung development in children. …
Reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) – is under debate in Great Britain with a number of projects underway. The species is estimated to have been resident until the 16th century, when hunted to extinction by humans. Similar events occurred in Europe and reintroduction has led to a self‐sustaining …
A new report on how to eliminate plastic waste from the environment by a UK think tank has been informed by a diverse portfolio of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) research and innovation experts. The report proposes a way forward to reduce the amount of plastic waste into the environment …
The UK wants to build its first project to capture and store carbon emissions from industry within the next decade, as part of a rebooted push by ministers to support the technology. The government scrapped a £1bn carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition in 2015, with the then-chancellor George Osborne …
Air pollution from roads causes at least €70bn (£62bn) in health damage every year in the European Union, according to a new report, with diesel fumes responsible for three-quarters of the harm. The research, commissioned by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), found the vast majority of the costs were …
The city of Bath may have a reputation for gentility but plans to charge many motorists £9 a day to drive into its Georgian streets are provoking anger and resentment. High levels of pollution, largely caused by topography – the city lies in a giant bowl – are forcing the …
