News Headlines
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Cheshire stream protected from pollution runoff from the M56
Water
A vulnerable Cheshire stream polluted with toxic metals carried in runoff from the M56 motorway is the first to be protected by an innovative sustainable drainage material that could now be used to clean up hundreds of similar outfalls across the UK.
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Ellesmere Port's massive greenhouse gases could be reduced by a third in 11 years
Energy
A new study by the Energy Innovation District (EID) has revealed how a local, smart energy system could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Ellesmere Port, where 5% of the UK's energy is currently consumed, by 34%. The £200k project – part funded by the Government's Prospering from the energy revolution programme – also demonstrates potential energy cost savings of up to 25%.
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The Environment Times' Summer Case Studies Collection is out
Book/report launches
Environment Times has published it's Case Studies Collection for summer 2019 in both print and digital format.
The 52 page publication is packed with recent case history stories and products and services that span the range of the UK's booming green environmental industry.
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Comment: Southern Water's pollution show's self monitoring doesn't work
Pollution
A charity, Salmon & Trout Conservation (S&TC), who campaign to reverse the effects of industrialisation on the UK's rivers has commented on Ofwat imposing the biggest fine ever on a water company for "significant breaches of its licence conditions and its statutory duties." They write....
