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The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety alert after it and other regulators have found that the non-destructive testing (NDT) process is vulnerable to tampering and falsification.

The Environment Agency has announced updated environmental assessment levels for a range of air pollutants that businesses are required to compare the impact of when carrying out an air emissions risk assessment.

Alvis Brothers Ltd, an award-winning organic cheesemaker, has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs totalling £3520.20 as well as a victim surcharge of £190 after admitting to causing discharge of poisonous, noxious or polluting matter.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) planned to use its role as host of the COP28 climate talks as an opportunity to discuss oil and gas deals, according to the BBC.

The Chancellor has announced £4.5 billion in funding for manufacturing to help boost investment in green technologies and clean energy.

Businesses and communities are being urged by the Environment Agency (EA) to make sure they know their flood risk amid increased extreme weather events this year.

World Soil Day (WSD) is held on 5 December each year to emphasise the importance of healthy earth and encourage the sustainable management of worldwide soil resources.

Institutional investors are urging major chemical companies to stop producing PFAS chemicals that they say expose manufacturers to “deep liability and insurance risks, reminiscent of those historically linked to asbestos”.

The Environment Agency has published a regulatory position statement on the storage and treatment of hazardous waste wood from demolition and refurbishment activities.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Programme has released a series of Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) documents to help improve knowledge of how chemicals induce adverse effects in humans and wildlife.