Paul Marsh

2 days ago | envirotecmagazine.com | Paul Marsh

A seemingly bold prospectus for ensuring green growth, how well does the UK government’s Industrial Strategy respond to the challenges of the moment? The UK has the highest industrial energy costs in the developed world.1 It is also now setting the pace with some of the world’s most stringent carbon targets. Both facts seem central to any prescription for a solution to the country’s ailing economy.

2 days ago | envirotecmagazine.com | Paul Marsh

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has announced a partnership which will see innovative technology deployed for the first time on a nuclear site to remotely and autonomously sort and segregate radioactive waste. The NDA has committed to invest up to £9.5m in the project over four years, which is a collaboration with Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), Sellafield and Nuclear Waste Services (NWS).

3 days ago | envirotecmagazine.com | Paul Marsh

Policies to reduce emissions have improved since last year, concluded the Climate Change Committee (CCC), releasing its first assessment of the new Government’s progress on climate targets on 25 June. The statutory body also appealed to policymakers to “do more to ensure people see the benefits of climate action in their bills”. Interim Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Professor Piers Forster, said: “The UK can be proud of our progress in reducing emissions.

4 days ago | envirotecmagazine.com | Paul Marsh

A new collaborative project aims to deliver real-time, data-driven insights that will expedite the West of England’s transition to net zeroGlobal engineering and consulting firm, Arup, in partnership with spatial analytics and software company Advanced Infrastructure, and consultancy Global City Futures (GCF), has been awarded a significant contract to develop the regional energy planning and investment approach for the West of England.

4 days ago | envirotecmagazine.com | Paul Marsh

Paracetamol production could be revolutionised by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller, a new study seems to show. The new method leaves virtually no carbon emissions and is more sustainable than the current production of the medicine, researchers say. Paracetamol is traditionally made from dwindling supplies of fossil fuels including crude oil.