Articles from Transform October 2011
PAS 2050 revised
14th October 2011
BSI has published a revised version of its carbon footprinting standard PAS 2050 to make it more accessible and to bring it into line with other inter...
Case Law >> Turbine turbulence
14th October 2011
Colleen Theron and Deirdre Lyons examine a High Court decision with regards the siting of a wind turbine on a bird flight path
Scotland leads on emissions cuts
14th October 2011
New data from DECC on regional emissions reveal that greenhouse-gas (GHG) reductions in Scotland are deeper than for other parts of the UK.
In parliament >> European leadership?
14th October 2011
Chris Davies warns MEPs that Europe risks being left behind in the race for green technology
Chancellor backtracks on green goals
14th October 2011
George Osborne has signalled a watering-down of government climate change policy by ruling out unilaterally setting carbon emissions targets that othe...
MPs say countryside will be protected by NPPF
14th October 2011
Planning David Cameron and planning minister Greg Clark have been forced to give reassurances that the efforts to streamline planning legislation will...
CO2 performance key for suppliers
14th October 2011
Large companies will increasingly use only suppliers that are reducing their carbon footprint, according to research by the Carbon Trust.
Shale gas find 'threatens' the UK environment
14th October 2011
The discovery of huge reserves of shale gas in Lancashire has heightened fears that its extraction may pollute water sources, worsen greenhouse-gas em...
Green businesses scoop Scottish awards
14th October 2011
Transport operator First Scotland East and leaflet marketing firm EAE have been named as two of Scotland's most sustainable organisations, after being...
New international GHG reporting standards
14th October 2011
Two new greenhouse-gas (GHG) reporting standards have been unveiled by the GHG Protocol.
Commission pulls plug on RHI
14th October 2011
DECC has been forced to postpone the launch of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) after the European Commission (EC) failed to give state aid approval...
RO consultation delay adds to uncertainty
14th October 2011
DECC's delay in launching a consultation into subsidies for renewable energy is adding to concerns in the sector about its ability to attract investme...
EU roadmap signals resource-efficiency drive
14th October 2011
Eliminating landfill and halting biodiversity loss by 2020 are the primary goals of the new roadmap from the European Commission to a resource-efficie...
Doing good, making money
14th October 2011
How do businesses do good and make money? Find out at the next Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly meeting on 16 November in London
IEMA publishes online guide to biodiversity
14th October 2011
IEMA adds to its series of e-briefings with a new guide explaining biodiversity offsetting
First forum for EIA Quality Mark
14th October 2011
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) practitioners from around the UK came together on 4 October to debate challenges and share best practice at the ...
IEMA unveils exhibition partners
14th October 2011
IEMA's forthcoming conference will host a special exhibition zone, providing delegates with a place to find new ideas, innovative products and servic...
NQA airs 50001 at IEMA conference
14th October 2011
Delegates attending IEMA's 2011 conference in London will be able to take advantage of an expert lunchtime presentation, separate from the main progra...
Time to book your IEMA conference place
14th October 2011
Despite ongoing economic pressures, places at IEMA's 2011 conference, "Sustainable business: environmental professionals driving change", are currentl...
EC/725/2011 - CO2 emissions from cars
14th October 2011
European Commission Regulation 725/2011 published 15 August
RHI (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regs 2011
14th October 2011
The Renewable Heat Incentive (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regulations 2011 published 1 September
Environmental Permitting (Amend) Regs 2011
14th October 2011
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 enforced 12 August and 1 October
Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) Regs 2011
14th October 2011
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 published 1 October
Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Order 2011
14th October 2011
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) (England and Wales) Order 2011 published 1 October
Infrastructure Planning Regs 2011
14th October 2011
The Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 published 1 October
Planning Act 2008 (No.7) Order 2011
14th October 2011
The Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No.7) Order 2011 published 1 October
Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Regs (NI) 2011
14th October 2011
The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 published 1 October
Environmental permitting
14th October 2011
Defra has updated its core guidance on Environmental Permitting Regulations in England and Wales
Environment Agency civil sanctions
14th October 2011
The Environment Agency has published guide on the civil sanctions it is now able to impose
Heat recovery techniques
14th October 2011
The Carbon Trust has issued new guidance for organisations can apply heat recovery techniques
Quick wins: Let there be light
13th October 2011
The first in a new series looking at ways to reduce resource use focuses on lighting controls
The right buttons - influencing behaviour
13th October 2011
Penny Walker describes how best to encourage staff to adopt more environmentally-friendly behaviour
Skanska's deep-green future
13th October 2011
Skanska wants its construction projects to have a near-zero environmental impact. the environmentalist finds out how
Drilling for oil in hostile waters
13th October 2011
John Barwise asks whether drilling for oil and gas in progressively hostile environments can ever be safe
Bhopal's never ending disaster
13th October 2011
Richard Ansell and Andrew Tinsley revisit the gas tragedy, 27 years after the explosion at the Union Carbide plant in India became the world's worst i...
Slipping away?
13th October 2011
Paul Suff asks what happened to the UK's ambition to lead the world in transitioning to a low-carbon economy
New approach to f-gases
13th October 2011
The European Commission has launched a consultation asking for feedback on draft policy measures to tackle the creation of fluorinated gases (f-gases)...
Threat of biomass
13th October 2011
The government is being urged to its reassess the role of biomass in the UK's future energy mix, as one organisation warns that the entire UK forest h...
One Welsh watchdog in 2013
13th October 2011
A single environment body replacing the Environment Agency Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales, could be operationa...
SEPA cuts funding for Dounreay clean up
13th October 2011
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has decided not to continue funding the complete decontamination of the sea around the Dounreay nucl...
