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£490k peatlands restoration to proceed in Falkirk and North Lanarkshire SP Energy Networks has committed £490,000 to a major peatland restoration project on Scotland’s Slamannan Plateau. Working with Buglife Scotland, the initiative aims to bring over 114 hectares of rare bog habitat back to life across Falkirk and North Lanarkshire ...

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Royal Academy of Engineering awards £39 million funding to 13 high-impact climate innovations “The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Green Future Fellowships provide academics, entrepreneurs, innovators and engineers, the space and time to transform their cutting-edge ideas into scalable, commercially viable, technologies to secure a greener, fairer future.”
New technologies to store renewable energy, power ...

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Marine Recovery Fund aims to boost nature and offshore wind development The Government announced its Marine Recovery Fund on Wednesday 17 December, an initiative intended to to safeguard Britain’s marine biodiversity and energy security.
By means of the fund, offshore wind developers will be able to pay into a government operated funding ...

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US groups demonstrate commerical scale PFAS destruction of high-flow industrial wastewater The chemicals industry is one of a number of sources of wastewater heavily contaminated with PFAS.
US firm Claros Technologies has completed a commercial-scale run of its proprietary UV-photochemical PFAS destruction method, reportedly achieving over 99.99% destruction across long, short, and ...

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BNG reforms not as drastic as feared, but still significantly weaken nature protections “A nightmare before Xmas for nature” was one take on the changes to rules on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) announced by Housing Secretary Matthew Pennycook during a debate on planning reform and housing policy in the House of Commons on ...

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Water Jetting Association streamlines membership structure The Water Jetting Association (JTA) has launched a simplified its membership structure so more businesses and organisations can take advantage of being members.
The move is designed to support an exciting membership growth plan for 2026 and focus attention on the ...

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York Minster’s solar upgrade prioritises safety The solar switch-on at York Minster.
An advanced rooftop solar system has been installed on the world-famous Gothic cathedral at the heart of York, York Minster, achieving significant energy and cost savings. Safety – and the avoidance of fire – was ...

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Comment: the five waste stories that shaped 2025 Waste collection in England: The Birmingham bin strike was a reminder of the sector’s critical reliance on people
2025 has been a turbulent year for the UK’s waste sector, with developments including the implementation of the Simpler Recycling for Businesses legislation, ...

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Businesses and experts back Biodiversity Net Gain for small sites Image credit: Jun Huang / Shutterstock.com.
Businesses and experts from across the construction and built environment sector have published an open letter asking the Government to retain Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements for small sites and adopt a more proportionate approach ...

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New report sizes up EV brake and tyre emissions A newly published report by consultancy firm Ricardo, for the UK Department of Transport (DfT), has found that levels of PM2.5 from tyre wear and brake wear, are significantly reduced through a simple switch to (often inexpensive) brake pads and ...