Some swifts returning to Britain to breed will be unable to access their ancestral nesting holes after they were blocked in a £7.5m refurbishment of a Derbyshire railway viaduct, campaigners say. Nature lovers had appealed to Network Rail to unblock three holes which were among at least nine swift nesting sites on the twin viaducts…
Génération Monaco, the political party led by Marc Mourou, held its sixth conference evening on Wednesday at the Novotel on boulevard Princesse Charlotte, drawing a full house of 180 attendees for a wide-ranging panel discussion on the environment — a mobilisation that Mourou described as “an enormous success.” The environment follows health, attractiveness, education, sport…
More than five years ago, Yale Environmental Humanities was launched as a platform to highlight and support the emerging interdisciplinary conversation, across departments and schools, about environmental problems and human connections to the natural world. Today, environmental themes are deeply intertwined with the humanities across a broad range of disciplines at Yale — classics and comparative…
As a longstanding frontrunner in offshore wind innovation, Van Oord is committed to reducing ecological impact without compromising installation performance. GBM Works’ VibroJet® technology supports this ambition by combining vibrations with controlled water jets inside the monopile to fluidize the soil and reduce resistance. GBM’s in-depth understanding of how water jets interact with different soil…
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Tata Steel Nederland has announced it is to temporarily shut down the direct sheet plant (DSP), its casting roller plant, in Ijmuiden, Kallanish learns from a statement. “Recent emission measurements show that the emission of chromium-6 at one chimney is higher than the legal standard,” the company says. “Because safety and the environment are our…
United Utilities Water Limited pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to obtain a permit to release fish into inland waters. Consequently, it has been fined £60,000, plus a £2,000 victim surcharge and £24,098.06 in costs for the offence. The sentence marks a regulatory milestone as the first time a water company has been sentenced under The…
More than 730 of Southern Water’s assets were inspected by the Environment Agency. Southern Water has been put to the sword by the Environment Agency – who are demanding that the water company make hundreds of changes. The agency has carried out inspections on more than 730 of Southern Water’s wastewater assets, with widespread problems…
Much of the current global and environmental crisis is driven by unrestrained corporate extraction and economic models that prioritise profit over environmental protection and human rights. Exacerbated by a number of ‘forever wars’, corporations tied to the military industrial complex and fossil fuel reap profits while contributing to environmental destruction, particularly in contexts of conflict…
FCC Environment has confirmed that more than 2,700 knives and bladed items have been safely removed from circulation since knife disposal bins were installed at the three Recycling Centres in Wigan that are operated by the business, helping reduce the risk of harm in local communities. Data collected by Wigan Council shows that between July…
