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Study explores complex ocean conditions surrounding world’s most powerful...
Innovative drone technology and boat-based surveys are being used to assist the efficient and sustainable development of tidal energy, explains the Marine Biological Association (MBA). The number of...
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Despite geopolitical challenges, organisations are ramping up to meet...
Organisations continue to make progress in their sustainability initiatives, despite facing geopolitical challenges. Regulation and technology are proving to be a vital part of this progress, with two...
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Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone is improving air quality, claims research
Image credit: AVOXY / Shutterstock.com. New research exploring the effects of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Glasgow appears to find that while traffic flow has remained largely unchanged since the...
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Review warns of knowledge gaps in our understanding of leave-on personal care...
Microplastics which have been used in leave-on cosmetic and personal care products are being overlooked by research and regulators, according to a new critical review conducted by scientists at the...
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Emptying “drawers of doom” could fix UK’s impending copper crunch
Image credit: Recycle Your Electricals. Around £266 million of copper resides in the UK’s unused or binned electricals,1 says charity group Recycle Your Electricals, citing “drawers of doom” that...
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More action needed to protect future water resources, says EA
Water pipes for drinking water supply are visible on a construction site: The EA said 19% of water supplies are still being lost due to leakage before reaching consumers. Almost a fifth (19%) of water...
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Volcanic sourcing of rare earth minerals among recipients of Innovate UK funding
Volcano on Ascension island in the mid-Atlantic ocean. A project to extract rare minerals and elements from the plumes of a volcano, and another to extract them from mining waste are among nine...
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UK government cap-and-floor scheme aims to boost renewable energy storage
Ffestiniog pumped storage scheme in North Wales. The Department for Net Zero and Energy Security (DESNZ) has confirmed the go-ahead of a scheme intended to stimulate investment in the UK’s...
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Scottish universities initiative to “drive the transition to net-zero...
The Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies Centre (REACT) was announced on 7 October, one of five new centres to share in £25m from a new UKRI programme intended to support the innovation...
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Households waste over one billion items every year that could be recycled
The UK’s annual Recycle Week launches today (15 October) with a warning that households are wasting over one billion items every year that could be recycled. New statistics reveal millions of...
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Installed CCS capacity on track to double
Carbfix CCS project under construction in Iceland. Global CO2 capture capacity is on track to double to over 100 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) of CO2, once facilities currently under construction...
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Cracking the problem: New data boost prospects for “supercritical” geothermal...
Image credit: Quaise Energy. Much of the potentially transformative promise of geothermal energy depends upon our ability to drill deeper and deeper, and access higher temperature resources. New data...
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Research and innovation will futureproof water, says Northumbrian Water chief
Mottram addressed the event in London on 3 October. Northumbrian Water chief executive Heidi Mottram has told delegates to the UKWIR Annual Conference 2024 that research and innovation will improve...
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MPs and charities call for mandatory solar panels on new homes
A cross-party group of MPs have joined environmental and fuel poverty advocacy groups to call on the Government to make solar panels mandatory on all new build homes. 35 Parliamentarians from the...
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Geophysical experts call for ethical framework in geoengineering deployment
As interest seemingly grows in geoengineering as a strategy for tackling global warming, the world’s largest association of Earth and space scientists has launched a putative “ethical framework”...
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Lack of political consensus could harm the government’s net zero targets,...
Polly Billington speaking at the event, which took place in Islington on 22-23 October. Environmental campaigner and new Labour MP Polly Billington has warned that a lack of political consensus around...
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Time to speed up UK emissions cuts, says CCC
Image credit: Cal F / Shutterstock.com. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has recommended that the UK commit to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 81% from 1990 levels by 2035. Presented in a...
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Household waste in Scotland hits lowest ever level as recycling rates...
The total amount of household waste generated in Scotland in 2023 was 2.3 million tonnes, a drop of 1.1% from 2022, according to Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) statistics published on...
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Weighing the Autumn Budget on net zero, nutrient neutrality and other issues
Rachel Reeves arrives at 10 Downing Street in July 2024 (image credit: Fred Duval / Shutterstock.com). Labour Budgets have obviously been an artefact of distant memory for some time, recalling an era...
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Consignment caveats: From liquids to lithium-ion batteries, competent storage...
A succession of fires in recent years has sharpened people’s awareness of the need to handle lithium-ion batteries correctly. It’s just one of many situations where the storage and handling of a...
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