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The Environment Agency has updated its regulatory position statement on when it is possible to store and use waste fire extinguishers to train people to fight fires.

The Environment Agency has updated its guidance on applying for an environmental permit for an A1 installation.

Filtermist Systems Ltd, one of the UK’s leading oil mist extraction experts is urging manufacturing and engineering companies to ensure they are COSHH compliant as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) continues its fabricated metals inspection programme into 2022.

Glen Farrow UK Ltd, a gas engineering company, has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3131.60 after undertaking liquid petroleum gas (LPG) installation work at a food factory near Spalding that was later condemned as being unsafe.

The new Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has finally been granted full legal powers to hold government and public authorities to account over their environmental responsibilities.

Defra is consulting on proposals to tighten background checks on waste carriers and making digital waste tracking mandatory, in an effort to cut the £924m annual cost of waste crime.

The Government has approved an emergency authorisation for farmers to use neonicotinoid pesticides to protect sugar beet crops, despite impact on bees and other pollinators. 

Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the success of the booster campaign and the way the public have responded to his Government’s Plan B measures (see Government to stick with Plan B until at least 26 January).

Damage to business properties from flooding and other climate impacts likely to rise by 27% by 2050, Government warns.

Plans to ensure wildlife can be better protected and enhanced in developments have been set out in a consultation launched by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow.