Industry News
Mandelson announces sale of UK Atomic Energy Authority
Following this, a second stage, will allow a smaller number of interested parties access to detailed due diligence and put forward a further more detailed bid.
Source: nce, Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 09:01
Poisoned land - soil by homes contaminatedSince 2000, councils have been required to identify sites which could pose an environmental risk under the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations.
Source: leics, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 09:01 13:30
Europe must fight environmental problems together, says IrelandMichael Kitt, a Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government minister, told a meeting last Thursday (March 26) of the European Union Common Forum on Contaminated Land at that member states had to use "creative thinking" to tackle environmental problems.
Source: edie, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:30 13:30
Asbestos in Schools90 Percent of Manchester, England Schools Test Positive for Asbestos: Recent reports show that ninety percent of all the schools in Manchester, England have tested positive for asbestos.
Source: maacentre, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:30 13:29
Asbestos dust left lungs ‘like a time bomb’A workplace where asbestos dust left staff “covered in snow” led to the death of a 77-year-old man.
Source: reading, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:29 13:28
'No limit' to danger of asbestos in schools, Rowen tells GovernmentRochdale MP Paul Rowen has told the Government that there is 'no limit' to the risk posed to pupils, teachers and staff who may be in contact with asbestos every day that they are in school.
Source: rochdale, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:28 13:26
Firm fined £3k for inaccurate asbestos surveyA contractor has been fined £3,000 for unwittingly exposing two workers to asbestos while they carried out refurbishment work at a site in Oxford last year
Source: esg, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:26 13:26
A dry December for many parts of the stateSeventy-one percent of topsoil and 61 percent of subsoil moisture was rated in short to very short condition.
Source: hpjrnl, Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:26 09:01
Voelcker and CL Associates Formally mergeESGL's premier geotechnical and environmental consultancy business units announce that they will merge and be renamed CL Voelcker
Source: cla, Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 09:01 08:32
Pupils sent home after asbestos dust scareTHE 800 pupils of a Highland school were sent home yesterday following fears of asbestos dust contamination.
Source: p&journal, Monday, March 16, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 08:32 10:28
UK contaminated land progress slowCOUNCILS IN ENGLAND and Wales have been making slow progress in identifying and treating areas of contaminated land, a recent report by the Environment Agency has found.
Source: esg, Monday, March 16, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:28 10:26
Deadly asbestos in 290 Allerdale council-owned buildingsCouncil chiefs in Allerdale have confirmed that 290 of the buildings it owns contain deadly asbestos.
Source: newstar, Monday, March 16, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:26 10:24
New support for victims of asbestosA vicar whose father died of asbestos-related lung cancer has won support for a scheme to help sufferers in Lincolnshire.
Source: lincs, Monday, March 16, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:24 10:23
Contractor Fined after Smashing Up Pig PensA contractor from the UK has received a fine after smashing up pig pens and dumping up to seventy tons of potentially deadly asbestos in the ground.
Source: blog, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:23 18:18
East of England 'to have construction safety visits'Among the concerns to be addressed will be good order on site to prevent slips, trips and falls, safety of those working at height and the management of asbestos removal.
Source: safety, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:18 18:17
New EU environmental liability directive to come into force the new legislation would plug a gap between the contaminated land regime and rules governing damage to biodiversity
Source: bgreen, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:17 18:14
Killer asbestos found at Commonwealth Games siteThe two venues are expected to play a major role in Scotland's sporting future.
Last night, residents in the area surrounding the contaminated land were stunned when the Record told them about the poisoning.
Source: record, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:14 18:11
Residents Of California Town Oppose Construction On Asbestos-Contaminated LandResidents of Eldorado Hills, California are opposing a proposal for a tract of housing to be built in an area that is close to land contaminated with a highly toxic form of asbestos.
Source: maacenter, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:11 18:08
Heating firm fined £8000 as staff exposed to asbestosMrs More said that in 2006 1,000 heating workers died as a result of asbestos – a quarter of all asbestos related deaths.
She added: "It is the most serious occupational health issue in the United Kingdom."
Source: eveningnews, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:08 14:25
2008: a bad year for occupational healthOccupational health has been a real rollercoaster ride with Dame Carol Black's report promising us everything and giving us nothing.
Source: pt, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:25 14:22
In pictures: The victims of asbestosHe would cut up sheets of asbestos cement, wearing no protective clothing at all, and by the end of his shift the white dust would be so thick on him he looked like a snowman.
Source: scotland, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:22 14:08
London Olympics site urged to tackle pollutionSuch a move would be in line with the London mayor’s best practice guidance on controlling dust and emissions from construction and demolition.
Source: regen, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:08 14:05
Flood fears over bid to extract gravel at EghamThe land will then be returned to agricultural land, wildflower grassland and wet woodland and will involve areas of native tree and hedgerow planting.
Source: staines, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:05 12:04
Working Toward Guidelines for a Truly Green GardenThe landscape initiative has been developed by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin
Source: washpost, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:04 12:01
Compaction may reduce the amount of water held in lower topsoilThey found that although the top few inches of soil had been saturated by winter rain, the lower topsoil and the clay subsoil was relatively dry, due to soil compaction at varying depths, restricting vertical drainage.
Source: yorkpost, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:01 11:24
Recycled green waste compost proves a successThe trial involved mixing a total of 2,300 tonnes of the special compost in with the topsoil left in an area of the Dunbar Works quarry after materials had been extracted.
Source: eveningnews, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:24 15:32
Aberdare's gateway for touristsDuring the works, by contractors Walters (UK) Ltd, 16,500 tonnes of topsoil and boulder clay is being moved to create the new camp site and caravan site extension
Source: wales, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:32 15:31
UK gardens hope for a flourishing yearSo new or restored gardens in historic places seem to do well but greenfield sites present a mixed picture.
Source: hortweek, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:31 14:20
The tide is turningThe development framework for Leith Docks outlines the planned creation of nine waterfront areas or villages, on 144ha of brownfield land, over the next 30 years.
Source: regen, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:20 14:00
Protect green spaces, says MPThousands of new homes each year that ministers claim are going up on brownfield sites are actually being built in back gardens.
Source: oxfordm, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:00 13:58
Brownfield use increasesThe proportion of homes built on previously developed land increased in 2007, as did the density of residential development.
Source: planres., Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:58 13:55
Crop residues have valueAs Kentucky farmers begin to explore this new form of alternative energy, they need to be aware of the value of their crop residue, according to a soil scientist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.
Source: frmprs, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:55 13:44
Ground breaking soil project kicks offA project that combines the latest soil science and technology with remote satellite imagery and on-the-ground efforts to analyse thousands of soil samples from remote areas across Africa has been unveiled.
Source: capbus, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:44 13:42
Soil Association sets organic targetWe’re not in any way anti-science or luddite and we do need to research things such as soil science to prevent degradation.
Source: soilasoc, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:42 13:40
Energy, Environmental Project Receives $2.4 Million (USA)"During the last five years, the KRCEE has addressed a myriad of challenging issues, ranging from soil and groundwater contamination to seismic and economic development issues in western Kentucky.
Source: ukynews, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:40 11:31
Toxic pesticides banned in EuropeCountries must also protect drinking water by establishing pesticide buffer zones around bodies of water and "safeguard zones" for any surface and groundwater used that will ultimately come out of someone's tap.
Source: euobsrvr, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:31 11:29
'Tomorrow's Kent' could be a watery placeIn Thanet, there needs to be an emphasis on protecting the groundwater and grade 1 agricultural land from wasteful developments such as China Gateway.
Source: km, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:29 11:28
Predictions For 2009: What Construction Insurers Need To Know NowThe UK is shortly expected to implement the Environmental Liability Directive in the form of The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009.
Source: mondaq, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:28 11:11
U.K. environmental liability law slated for March, will not be retrospectiveKnown as the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009, the regulations introduce new obligations to ensure that polluters pay for environmental damages.
Source: bi, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:11 11:09
Bristol's 40-year sewer project nears completionBut the tunnel solution was one of three options initially considered. In 2005, following an initial site investigation, three possible solutions were drawn up to solve the problem of Bristol's boggy basements.
Source: cjrnl, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:09 10:50
Contamination fears could delay Moray flood schemeswe are still required to carry out site investigation work there. There are far more contaminated land issues we will have to deal with in Rothes and Elgin, and we will have to put in quite a bit of effort to see how we can smooth the progress of the contaminated land issue.
Source: nscot, Monday, February 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:50 10:46
Tests at recycling centre concludeTESTS on contaminated land at the Warminster Household Recycling Centre in Furnax Lane have been completed ahead of schedule.
Source: wilts, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:46 21:24
Reclaimed land tests find no threat to healthOngoing tests for contamination on reclaimed land at Fort William have shown there is no significant risk to the health of more than 100 families and 10 businesses on the site.
Source: c&j, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 21:24 21:22
Firms checked for asbestos risk Checks are being carried out on businesses in the Chichester district this week by council environmental health officers to make sure they are not exposing employees, contractors or visitors to harmful asbestos fibres.
Source: chich, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 21:22 17:38
Thirteen people die every day in the UK through asbestos-related diseaseStatutory property compliance specialist BES Consulting has found that an alarming number of people responsible for properties say their organisations have not given them the budgets or resources to properly manage compliance and to put a suitable and adequate monitoring solution in place.
Source: secpark, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 17:38 17:37
Asbestos in schools report horrifies MPTHANET South MP Steve Ladyman has demanded an investigation into asbestos in the isle’s schools after reports surfaced this week that the killer substance is in education properties across Thanet.
Source: kent, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 17:37 11:33
Carrier heads for ghost ship firmA French aircraft carrier which contains 700 tonnes of asbestos, too toxic to break up in India, is on its way to be scrapped on Teesside.
Source: bbc, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:33 11:32
New jobs at labUP to ten new jobs are being created at the Chatteris site of Eclipse Scientific Group and the company is holding a special recruitment open evening for potential employees to find out more.
Source: fenland, Friday, September 05, 2008 Date and Time of entry: 11:32 12:50
RIVER RECOVERS FROM 'COUNTY'S WORST POLLUTION DISASTER' The ecological disaster was caused when contractors working for Sleaford-based chemical company Marque Technology accidentally allowed the insecticide Cypermethrin to get into a drain, which then flowed into the River Slea.
Source: lincs, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Date and Time of entry: 12:50 13:04
Inquiry claims 'safe' insecticides cause health problemsPoisoning incidents caused by insecticides made with pyrethrins and pyrethroids, compounds made from the chrysanthemum flower, rose 63% between 1998 and 2006
Source: guardian, Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Date and Time of entry: 13:04 09:07
