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The Committee on Climate Change, the UK Government’s independent advisors on tackling and preparing for climate change has said that the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 3% in 2010 and that more needs to be done to meet official government targets.

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, has said that Scotland should have control over its seabed to enable it to properly manage and exploit the country's important marine assets for the benefit of its people.

A tidal power scheme in the Mersey Estuary which could deliver enough electricity to meet the average needs of over 200,000 homes has been shelved because of high construction costs.

A year after the disastrous Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, WWF is calling for better safeguards to protect the UK’s marine environment.

International power company Alstom has made its first-ever investment in wave energy with the acquisition of a 40% equity stake in Scottish company AWS Ocean Energy Ltd.

Global management and technical consultancy WYG has announced its financial results which reveal a record international order book, increasing to £104 million, and a proposed £30m capital restructuring.

An international panel of experts is warning in a new report released today that marine species are at risk of entering a phase of extinction unprecedented in human history.

iStock_000003528523MediumSevern Trent Services, Analytical Services division is playing a key role in the UK Water Industry Chemical Investigation Programme (CIP), providing analysis to some of the UK’s leading water Companies.

The UK water sector looks set to benefit from plans to significantly increase renewable energy generation via anaerobic digestion set out in the Government’s new Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan.

Friday, 17 June 2011 15:20

"Transformational year" for Atkins

Design and engineering consultancy group WS Atkins plc has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2011.

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