Published on Friday 11 March 2011 at 12:21pm British businesses can save around £23 billion a year by improving the way they use energy and water, and by reducing waste, according to research published today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman …
Published on Thursday 10 March 2011 at 11:28am Funding of up to £26million to support hill farmers and help some of England’s rural communities to thrive was unveiled today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman. A new Rural Community …
Published on Monday 7 March 2011 at 5:35pm Staff at B&Q’s distribution centre in Branston today demonstrated their reusable Carrierpacs to Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, showing B&Q’s commitment to protecting the environment through …
Published on Monday 7 March 2011 at 12:01am 10,000 people will take part in Exercise Watermark this week, Britain’s biggest ever civil emergency exercise which will test the country’s response to catastrophic floods. £820,000 is also being awarded …
Published on Friday 4 March 2011 at 10:57am Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has made the following Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament today: In my statement of 14 December I promised to keep the House informed of the Rural Payments Agency …
Published on Tuesday 1 March 2011 at 10:17am A consultation on pesticides enforcement regulations and fees associated with protecting people and the environment from pesticides use has been launched today. These regulations set down the penalties …
Published on Monday 28 February 2011 at 3:38pm New ambitious plans to help build a stronger green government were announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman today. The Mainstreaming Sustainable …
Published on Monday 28 February 2011 at 12:09pm In a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament today, Minister for Inland Waterways Richard Benyon announced that the Government has decided the Environment Agency’s navigations (waterways) should …
Published on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 4:39pm Cornish pasties have won official recognition protection under the EU protected food names scheme, Food Minister Jim Paice announced today. After 200 years of being handed down from generation to …
Published on Monday 21 February 2011 at 2:43pm British-led action has prevented an attempt by some EU Member States to delay a ban on ‘battery cages’ for laying hens. UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman launched an attack on the proposed …
Published on Friday 11 February 2011 at 4:28pm The programme of forestry sales announced in the Spending Review in October 2010 will be temporarily suspended until extra protections on access and biodiversity are put in place. Once this has happened …
Published on Thursday 10 February 2011 at 9:30am This National Statistics release reports emissions of air pollutants that are covered by the UK Air Quality Strategy and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The National …
Published on Wednesday 9 February 2011 at 11:45am An open letter from Jim Paice, Minister for Agriculture, to the farming industry. The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) is just over one year old but has done much to raise farmers’ …
Published on Thursday 3 February 2011 at 9:49am National Statistics on local authority collected waste management were published today by Defra according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. These statistics are based on …
Published on Thursday 3 February 2011 at 9:30am The indicators measure annual UK levels of pollution from particulates (PM10) and ozone (O3), the two pollutants thought to have the greatest health impacts, as well as the number of days on which …
Published on Tuesday 1 February 2011 at 1:44pm The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has appointed Professor David Hill as Deputy Chair of Natural England. The appointment will run until 30 September 2012. The appointment …
Published on Thursday 27 January 2011 at 9:53am England’s best known historic forests will be protected for future generations under proposals announced by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman today. The transfer of heritage forests such as the …
Published on Wednesday 26 January 2011 at 10:42am An independent Advisory Panel has been set up to provide advice to the Government as British Waterways makes the transition from public corporation to charitable body in England and Wales. The …
Published on Tuesday 25 January 2011 at 12:01am The Government is to review the current licensing regime for cormorants, Environment Minister Richard Benyon will announce at a summit for key members of England’s angling and fisheries communities …
Published on Monday 24 January 2011 at 11:53am There needs to be a worldwide agricultural revolution, with farmers growing more food at less cost to the environment, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman and International Development Secretary …
