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Clean Air Strategy Consultation: Will Proposed Measures Reduce the Current £20bn Health Costs?
DEFRA, the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, has launched a consultation on its draft long-term Clean Air Strategy outlining the steps it plans to take to address emissions from a range of sources. The strategy...
Energy Efficient Scotland: Consultation on Long Term Emissions Reduction in Buildings
On 2nd May 2018 the Scottish Government released its latest publication ‘The Energy Efficient Scotland: Route Map’. The 20-year plan outlines the vision of Scotland being energy efficient and ensuring that all homes and buildings are warmer, greener and more efficient...
What will you do for Clean Air Day 2018?
Clean Air Day 2018 is on 21st June giving sustainability professionals the opportunity to bring the issue of air pollution to the attention of their workplaces. Air pollution affects all of us at work, home and on our travels. The pollutants in the air we breathe...
CRC Phase 3 – Delay Registration As Scheme Due to Close
Current legislation requires compliance from qualifying organisations for Phase 3 of CRC by the end of January 2019. Despite the planned scrapping of the scheme, organisations that used 6 GWh of qualifying electricity from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018 will...
Commonwealth Heads Pledge 1.5°C Limit to Temperature Increase
The 53 member states of the Commonwealth have agreed to renew commitments to the Paris Agreement that would pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels as defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The...
April 2018: A significant month for energy legislation in the UK
On 1st April 2018, important energy industry changes came into effect. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) is a set of legal requirements that aim to improve the energy efficiency of commercially-rented properties across England and Wales. From 1st...
Ground-Breaking Heat Networks Investment Project to Launch in Autumn 2018
The Government has announced a new scheme for consumers and non-domestic users to participate in a trailblazing heat networks project. Delivering on its commitment to tackle energy bills using innovative, low carbon solutions, the government announcement means that...
Government Consults on £6bn Energy Efficiency Funding for Low-Income Households
The government has unveiled plans to invest £6bn in energy efficiency as part of its clean growth strategy. Nearly a million more low income households are to benefit from energy saving measures under the new plans, with flagship schemes to help reduce bills for...
Scottish Government Targets 66% Emissions Reduction By 2032
The Scottish government has outlined a new target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 66% by 2032. Reduction targets are measured against a baseline set of figures from 1990. The Climate Change Secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, set out the government's draft climate...
Government Must Clean Up Act After Losing Air Pollution Court Case
The UK government has been criticised by the Courts, for the third time, for failing to produce an adequate plan to tackle the growing problem of air pollution in a landmark judgment that will force ministers back to the drawing board. Air pollution has become a...