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College fined £50,000 for slurry pollution
Plumpton College in Sussex has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of almost £45,000 after pleading guilty to a pollution incident that killed more than 1,500 fish.
The Environment Agency prosecuted the agricultural college after management failings caused slurry to pollute a nearby stream. In November 2016, a head herdsman spread water contaminated with cow slContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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UK off track for net zero by 2030, CCC warns
Only a third of the emission reductions required for the UK to achieve net zero by 2030 are covered by credible plans, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned today.
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Ahead of the UK general election next month, IEMA has analysed the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Green Party manifestos in relation to the sustainability agenda.
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