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Wednesday saw the publication of the Renewables Action Plan ("RAP") by the Scottish Government.

The British energy security strategy published by the UK Government on 7 April 2022 reasserted the key role that offshore wind must play if we are to achieve the overarching objective of providing "clean, ...

With no new pumped hydro schemes having being commissioned in the UK since 1984, a new report by BiGGAR Economics on behalf of the UK Pumped Storage Hydro Working Group...

The global transition toward renewable energy, electric vehicles and advanced technologies has placed cobalt at the centre of the modern industrial supply chain.

The Department of Trade and Industry has published draft regulations and guidance to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC). The draft WEEE Regulations and related guidance are open for consultation until 17 October 2006.

The UK Regulations that will implement the EU Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (the "RoHS" Directive) have now been published (SI2005 No. 2748). The Regulations will come into force on 1 July 2006.

The UK Government introduced the Great British Energy Bill on 25 July 2024, establishing GB Energy and partnering with The Crown Estate to accelerate offshore wind development. The partnership aims to secure seabed leases for 20-30GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, addressing challenges like community consent and grid connections. The Crown Estate Bill, granting new borrowing powers, and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will facilitate these goals. The initiative could power nearly 20 mil

On October 14, 2025, BB-REG-NET, a United Kingdom (UK) regulatory science network for biobased and biodegradable materials, published a report...

On January 13, an independent report was published into the UK government's approach to delivering on its net zero obligations.

New laws and regulations, strategic litigation and duties of care emerging in response to climate change are giving rise to new liability risks that pose a serious risk to companies'

"Climate change" and "climate crisis" have become synonymous with young people and their futures. But climate change is happening right now. A problem with talking about climate change in terms...

Ellen James, a real estate lawyer at Bircham Dyson Bell believes that the latest recommendations to simplify the CRC have simply added to the growing number of consultations and red tape the Government has already gone through, and has yet to result in final form legislation, making a mockery of its ‘environmentally friendly' credentials.

The case “R v RL and JF” (28 August 2008) arose when heating oil escaped from a fractured pipe into a nearby watercourse.

A controversial decision to approve a new coal mine in Cumbria, England, which will seek to supply coking coal to be used in the steel-making industry, is being challenged.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced in his Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013 that the Government will introduce a climate change agreement for the UK data centre sector by the end of 2013.

Following a consultation on improving the process of finding a site to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF), the Government published a White Paper on 24th July 2014.

Last year, Defra announced that of its 255 environmental regulations, 132 will be improved, mainly through simplification or consolidation; 70 will be kept as they are, to uphold important environmental protections; and 53 obsolete regulations will be removed.