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As part of continuous efforts to promote safe maritime operations in Ghana’s waters, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has assisted the Ghana Petroleum Mooring System (GPMS) to conduct an oil spill response drill. The drill, which is expected to be done periodically, is to augment the state of readiness of GPMS to contain and salvage any oil spills that may occur offshore during the handling of petroleum cargo that arrive in the country. The petroleum company after the procurement of som...

GGF advises caution as lockdown eases As lockdown restrictions continue to ease around the UK, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) advises all companies to be cautious and still adhere to the GGF and Government’s guidance to make sure that employees and customer stay safe. On 12th April, the Government guidance was updated to state that all retail (including showrooms, garden centres and concession stores) in England is now permitted to open. Wales and Scotland re-opened showrooms earlier ...

Share this article CHICAGO, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  ShipBob, the leading global cloud-based logistics platform for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced it is going 100% carbon-neutral as part of a partnership and integration with Pachama, a data-driven carbon marketplace providing verified forest carbon offsets to improve carbon markets and restore forests. As a new customer of Pachamas itself, ShipBob is now a carbon-neutral fulfillment company, offsetting its own carb...

The Environment Agency clamping down on waste carriers in Bexley. The Environment Agency have disclosed details of a crackdown on illegal waste disposal in Bexley which resulted in four penalty notices and one vehicle being seized. The operation say officers pulling over vehicles to check they were registered as waste carriers, clamping down on those disposal without proper authorisation. The operation was run by Environment Agency officers working with Bexley Council, Met Police, Openrea...

A Dudley school’s sensory garden is set to flourish even more, thanks to a biodiversity grant. Thorns Primary in Quarry Bank boasts a fantastic garden completed last June, but now it plans to introduce rainwater ‘harvesting’, and enhance habitats by introducing lavender, fruit trees and bird boxes. Thorns is sharing in a £22,000 grant being handed to four schools and eight community groups or charities across the West Midlands by South Staffs Water, all for biodiversity projects....

A Dudley school’s sensory garden is set to flourish even more, thanks to a biodiversity grant. Thorns Primary in Quarry Bank boasts a fantastic garden completed last June, but now it plans to introduce rainwater ‘harvesting’, and enhance habitats by introducing lavender, fruit trees and bird boxes. Thorns is sharing in a £22,000 grant being handed to four schools and eight community groups or charities across the West Midlands by South Staffs Water, all for biodiversity projects....

Road stop in Erith halts illegal waste carriers in their tracks Vehicle seized during spot checks of waste carriers in Bexley. From: 1 February 2021 Environment Agency officers working with London Borough Of Bexley, the Met Police, Openreach and the Joint Unit For Waste Crime carried out spot checks on vehicles carrying waste Environment Agency officers working with London Borough Of Bexley, the Met Police, Openreach and the Joint Unit For Waste Crime seized a vehicle and issued 4 p...

Corby career criminal jailed for stockpiling waste Skip man’s offences spanned a decade. From: Stephen Lack, trading as Abbey Skips, stored and burnt waste illegally A 68-year-old Corby man is behind bars after repeated waste offences spanning the course of the last decade. Stephen Lack, of Monkton Sidings, Corby, was responsible for an illegal waste site that put human health and the environment at risk. Her Honour Judge Lucking QC, sitting at Northampton Crown Court on 25 Januar...

Discovery, near Coleshill, has been dubbed Warwickshires answer to Hampton Court It is being excavated because it is in the path of the HS2 railway line which is being built  The manor building itself was first found two years ago and now aerial shots show the outline of its gardens They measured around 1,000 ft long and were created by owner Sir Robert Digby to impress his new Irish heiress wife in the 16th century  

Two severe flood warnings have been issued, meaning there is a threat to life and significant disruption.