A government target that requires 60% of new homes to be built on brownfield sites is slowing down house building and restricting growth in urban areas, a think-tank claims
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is failing to meet its target to reduce the amount of harmful business waste sent to landfill sites, according to auditors
Cornwall Council has admitted it cannot afford to scrap a Private Finance Initiative waste scheme, which centres on a controversial incinerator that has been refused planning permission
Sustainability is no longer a choice for the public sector, with legal requirements to cut carbon emissions to be introduced in April. John Thornton says technology can help meet these targets and...
The chair of an influential MPs’ panel on the environment has claimed that a new carbon emissions trading scheme covering much of the public sector could prove to be ineffective.
The Environment Agency has expressed doubts that the Treasury will ramp up funding for flood defences to keep pace with increased risks from climate change
The government’s energy strategy must be reviewed to stop the increase in fuel poverty that is contributing to a high number of deaths, according to a think-tank
A former environment minister has urged the Treasury to ‘get its act together’ on climate change by including natural resources in the UK’s economic assets
A deal might not have come out of Copenhagen, but the public sector still faces scrutiny of its CO2 emissions. Many larger public bodies are covered by the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which comes...
Lord Mandelson has published the government’s strategy for economic growth, pledging investment in infrastructure and in sustainable and communications technologies
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ‘consistently failed’ to spot problems with the payment of European Union grants to farmers, MPs have said.
It’s supposed to be lighter touch but it is certainly tougher. The Audit Commission’s first area assessments were revealed this week – and put up on the Oneplace website for everyone to see. David...
The public sector must take the lead in reducing carbon emissions if its demands on the rest of the economy are to have any ‘moral authority’, a leading energy agency spokesman warned this week
