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BP oil field north sea

BP investigating Shetland oil leak

Added: 3 Oct 2016

Oil and gas firm BP has taken its Clair Platform offline after oil was found to have leaked into th…

Drax White Rose CCS

CCS technology ‘ready to be deployed’

Added: 12 Sep 2016

A new report by the Parliamentary Advisory Group on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) says CCS techn…

Xylem pumps and mixers aid biogas production

Xylem Water Solutions | Added: 1 Sep 2016

The Xylem range of mixers and pumps are designed for substrate mixing and pumping during biogas pro…

EEF steps up to industrial energy challenge

Added: 25 Aug 2016

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has rebundled all of its energy savings solutions under one u…

Yorkshire Water hit with £350k sewage leak fine

Added: 18 Aug 2016

Yorkshire Water has been handed a £350,000 fine after sewage was illegally discharged into Rud Beck…

Funding carbon capture an ‘urgent priority’

Added: 28 Jul 2016

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) is essential to meeting the global warming limits established in the…

Severn Trent slugged with £426k fine for sewage leak

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Severn Trent Water has been fined £426,000 for a series of incidents where crude sewage leaked into…

Thirst for skills spurs action in water sector

Added: 26 Jul 2016

Senior water and environment industry figures have developed an action plan to address concerns ove…

United Utilities fined £600k for toxic spill

Added: 21 Jul 2016

United Utilities Water (UU) has been fined £600,000 after a highly corrosive bleach was released in…

Demise of DECC may spark investor ‘concern’

Added: 20 Jul 2016

Questions over energy and environmental commitments have flowed in the wake of the government’s dec…

Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens

Added: 19 Jul 2016

Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…

Carbon capture breakthrough

Scientists make ‘low-cost’ carbon capture breakthrough

Added: 6 Jul 2016

Scientists from the University of York have developed a low-cost, efficient method for capturing ca…

Viewpoint: all fired up for water waste debate

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Waste handlers must now plan for the impact of water they discharge to fight a major fire, writes H…

Discovery Park biomass plant

Biomass to power science park

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Construction of a new £140 million biomass plant has begun at science and technology innovation cen…

Crystal clears up nuclear waste

Crystal ‘clears up’ nuclear waste

Added: 13 Jun 2016

Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the US have discovered a n…

Solidified carbon dioxide

Experts transform CO2 ‘into stone’

Added: 9 Jun 2016

In a new study, researchers working at the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant in Iceland have shown…

SABIC joins Teesside carbon capture collective

Added: 9 Jun 2016

Teesside Collective has added another industrial heavyweight to its group of companies working to d…

New IChemE president to redraw strategy

Added: 31 May 2016

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…

Wyke Farms scores Carbon Trust trifecta

Added: 16 May 2016

Wyke Farms has been granted triple certification to the Carbon Trust Standard for improving environ…

UK Continental Shelf offers ‘vast’ CO2 storage capacity

Added: 12 May 2016

There are no major technical hurdles to storing industrial scale CO2 offshore in the UK, according …