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MPs approve weakened shale regulations
Added: 16 Feb 2015
The Infrastructure Act gained Royal Assent last week, but only after regulations on shale gas devel…
Critical decade for CCS success
Added: 13 Feb 2015
The UK is entering a critical decade for the delivery of a low carbon economy by 2050, with Carbon …
Industry ignorant of efficiency deadline
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Companies risk fines of up to £50,000 if they fail to comply with new Energy Savings Opportunity Sc…
Gone from the wind – industrial CCS
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Almost half of the emissions that need to be captured to battle climate change come from the proces…
Teesside industrial CCS plan launched
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Firms including BOC and Amec Foster Wheeler gathered in Westminster yesterday to launch their plans…
Petroleum testing lab reopens after flood
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Product testing firm Intertek has reopened its Immingham Docks Laboratory after a tidal surge and w…
Shale college launch: premature or necessary?
Added: 7 Jan 2015
With so little known about the skills it will target and the courses it will offer, the launch of t…
Food production must cut water use by a fifth
Added: 6 Jan 2015
The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …
Plasma tackles chemical waste
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Simdean Envirotec has launched a plasma-based chemical waste elimination system in the UK which it …
Pure play
Added: 12 Nov 2014
As global water regulations tighten, filtration technologies are evolving to help process industrie…
Onsite analyser
Added: 4 Nov 2014
Quantitech has launched the FROG-4000, a rugged, portable instrument capable of analysing trace lev…
Yokogawa wins energy from waste deal
Added: 9 Oct 2014
Yokogawa yesterday confirmed it had been awarded a contract to supply control and safety systems fo…
Government "blows" renewables budget
Added: 3 Oct 2014
The government was today criticised for allocating 58% of its renewable energy budget to just eight…
Chemists boost biofuel production
Added: 3 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …
World’s first CCS plant opens
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The world’s first commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will begin operating in Canada …
Renewables budget increased
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The government today announced it was increasing financial support for renewable energy by £95 mill…
Biogas boost for food processors
Added: 11 Sep 2014
Food and drink processors with anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities were yesterday given a boost by …
There’s something about AD
Added: 3 Sep 2014
This summer saw a flurry of acquisitions in the UK’s anaerobic digestion market. John McKenna looks…
Majority of UK supports fracking
Added: 11 Aug 2014
Public opinion poll suggests ’widespread backing’ for shale gas production to go ahead in the UK.
Shale environmental video goes live
Added: 31 Jul 2014
Cuadrilla yesterday posted a video online outlining the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) proce…
