Articles from Transform March 2015
EIA scoping process works, research shows
7th March 2015
Non-key issues are being successfully scoped out of environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for major infrastructure projects, according to an analysi...
EIA update with IEMA's Josh Fothergill
6th March 2015
A round-up of the latest key developments in EIA.
New 14001 on track for September launch
6th March 2015
Martin Baxter, IEMA's executive director, policy and engagement and one of the UK's appointed experts on the working group, provides members with a pr...
Laying down the law: On the threshold of a new era for EIA?
5th March 2015
Andrew Wiseman highlights changes to the thresholds for environmental impact assessment and wonders whether raising them will make much of a differenc...
Case law >> Compulsory acquisition under Planning Act 2008
5th March 2015
An appeal in FCC Environment (UK) v Secretary of state for energy and climate change [2015] has been dismissed.
Legal brief: Aarhus committee rules on NGO costs
5th March 2015
The UN compliance committee for the Aarhus convention has concluded that the award of costs against Greenpeace for its failed legal bid to designate t...
Legal brief: ECJ considers mandatory EIAs
5th March 2015
The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has ruled in the proceedings between Marktgemeinde Straßwalchen and the Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie un...
Legal brief: Pollution incidents cost Thames Water £247,500
5th March 2015
Guildford Crown Court has fined Thames Water £220,000 and ordered it to pay £27,500 costs for polluting a watercourse running through a site of specia...
Parties debate green taxes
4th March 2015
The Conservatives would favour "subtle market interventions" over any hard-hitting green taxes if they are elected to government in May, according to ...
Long time coming
27th February 2015
It would appear that negotiators are edging closer to a new global treaty to tackle climate change.
Business plans: Carlsberg, BRE and Green Generation Solutions, Ikea, GE and Statoil, and Daimler
27th February 2015
the environmentalist gives a round up of environment management news from companies including Carlsberg, BRE and Green Generation Solutions, Ikea, GE ...
Market for sustainability advice failing expectations
27th February 2015
Global spending on sustainability consultancy will rise from $877 million this year to more than $1 billion by 2019, though growth will be far below i...
EU cities top global index
27th February 2015
European cities occupy seven of the top 10 places in a new index of the world's most sustainable cities. Frankfurt leads the way followed by London an...
Short cuts
27th February 2015
A round up of news from the European commission and European Investment Bank, Decc, and the Law Commission.
More successful IEMA members
27th February 2015
IEMA would like to congratulate the following individuals on recently upgrading their membership as part of their ongoing commitment to learning and p...
IEMA switches on its register for ESOS
27th February 2015
Around 9,000 organisations will be affected by the energy savings opportunity scheme (ESOS), resulting in demand for a large number of qualified third...
Preparing for the election
27th February 2015
With the UK general election two months away, IEMA is seeking to learn members' views on what the next government should prioritise and create some di...
2015-16 annual membership fees set
27th February 2015
Following initial notification in the environmentalist last month that membership fees will change from 1 June, the new annual fees have been confirme...
New member e-newsletters coming
27th February 2015
From the first week of April, IEMA members can expect weekly delivery to their inboxes of a range of new and informative e-newsletters.
Learning to make a difference
27th February 2015
Scotland's oldest university is aiming to be energy self-sufficient by 2016. Catherine Early reports
Building blocks of sustainability
27th February 2015
Paul Suff on how IEMA corporate membership is helping Skanska achieve a darker shade of green
From FGD to CCS
27th February 2015
Peter Brown finds out what lessons carbon capture and storage can learn from the rollout of flue-gas desulphurisation technology
Carbon in the city
27th February 2015
Financing action to cut emissions in cities is a challenge. Heather Rogers, Stéphane Pouffary and Philippine Waterkeyn look at the options
Energy outlook bad for emissions
26th February 2015
Carbon emissions from energy consumption will grow by 1% a year between now and 2035, according to new analysis by energy company BP.
14001: context is everything
26th February 2015
Understanding an organisation and its context is required by the revised 14001 standard. Greg Roberts discovers how.
In parliament: Party pact on climate change
6th February 2015
The news that the leaders of the three largest parliamentary parties have signed a joint statement on climate change is not just significant in terms ...
