13 News & Press Releases found
Environmental Protection UK News
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EPUK launch consultation on draft combined heat and power and air quality guidance for local authorities (England and Wales)
Environmental Protection UK and the London Borough of Camden are pleased to announce the release of draft guidance for local authorities on Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and air quality. Comments and feedback received through this consultation will ...
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Statement on Environmental Protection UK Chief Executive James Grugeon
Environmental Protection UK is sad to announce that its Chief Executive, James Grugeon, will be leaving the organisation at the end of this year to take up a new role managing an energy services business outside the UK. Paul Cooney, Chair of EPUK`s ...
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Environmental Protection UK urges joined-up thinking and sound guidance on wind turbine noise assessment
Environmental Protection UK welcomes guidance published today by DEFRA, which aims to help local authorities investigate complaints about noise from wind farms. his comes after the publication of DECC commissioned research last week, that ...
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Microgeneration Strategy should take a location based approach
In responding to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) consultation on a Micorgeneration Strategy, EPUK have strongly urged the department to ensure that the final strategy supports the achievement of carbon reduction targets by ...
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London air quality strategy released
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has launched the final version of his Air Quality Strategy. The final strategy follows two earlier drafts released during 2009 and 2010. The strategy includes a welcome commitment to investigate an `inner` Low ...
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New reports cast doubt over biofuel policy
Two separate reports reviewing the indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts of biofuel crops have stressed the importance of factoring ILUC impacts into biofuel policies to ensure use of biofuels do not result in higher greenhouse gas emissions (GhG) ...
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Local authority cuts could delay wind farm decisions
In their latest state of the industry report, trade body Renewable UK found that the approval rate for onshore wind fell in the past year - to 55% of applications compared to 83% in the previous year. The industry express concern that pending ...
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Coalition cuts announced
Departmental cuts announced by the Chancellor George Osborne will see DEFRA (Environment, Food and Rural affairs) and DECC (Energy and Climate Change) loose 29% and 30% of their core funding respectively in real (inflation adjusted) terms. CLG ...
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Cuts and mergers rumoured for environmental QUANGOs
Several environmental QUANGOs may be threatened with the axe as part of Government spending cuts, according to a leaked list published by the Daily Telegraph. The list includes large organisations such as the Health Protection Agency, as well as ...
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Supermarket chain plans biomass expansion
The John Lewis Partnership, owner of the Waitrose chain of supermarkets, is planning a major expansion in their use of wood chip fired combined cooling, heat and power plant (CCHP) in their stores. John Lewis is currently awaiting planning ...
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Where now with wind turbine impact assessment
Environmental Protection UK`s recent event `Where Now with Wind Turbine Impact Assessment` was a big success, providing valuable insight into an often confusing area. The event brought together over 120 delegates including practitioners experienced ...
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Interaction of wind turbines and industrial plumes – new research
Initial findings by researchers at Glasgow University suggest that deposition of particle pollution could be higher around wind turbines when they are sited near industrial sites, as they concentrate the plume. The shortage of acceptable locations ...
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London Biomass Plant Turned Down on Air Quality Grounds
Secretary of State Eric Pickles has dismissed a planning appeal by Blue-NG regarding the construction of a large, liquid biomass combined heat and power plant in Southall, London. The appeal had been called in by the Secretary of State due to the ...