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REACH and CLP: chemicals regulation issues for 2010 The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemical substances) Chemicals Regulation 1907/2006 (REACH) entered into force across the EU on 1 June 2007. UK enforcement of REACH is led by the Health and Safety Executive ... Read more	Tidying up: revisions to waste permitting exemptions Since 2007, Defra, the Environment Agency (EA) and the Welsh Assembly Government have been reviewing the waste exemptions from environmental permitting, a system that has been in place and largely unchanged for 15 years. In ... Read more
Time for water abstraction is drying up The water supply infrastructure used today was designed to cope with the climatic conditions and population levels of the UK in the 1960s, and is not adequate for current or future use. Climate change will ... Read more	What a lot of noise! Noise and associated environmental issues for businesses Noise has the potential to affect businesses in a variety of ways. Noise influences an employer’s obligations and working practices and can give rise to enforcement action from the authorities or neighbouring residents. Whether businesses ... Read more
Consenting major energy projects under the Infrastructure Planning Commission The government is placing great faith in the new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) to facilitate the delivery of three national imperatives:keeping the lights on in the face of a looming energy gap, caused by the ... Read more	Offshore transmission issues: the new regime explained If the UK is to meet its binding target under the Renewable Energy Directive of 15% of total energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, as much as 30-40% of the UK’s electricity will need ... Read more
Insolvency: the environmental perspective With the UK suffering at the hands of the recession, rates of insolvency look set to continue to grow. In the first quarter of 2009, 4,941 companies were declared insolvent, representing a 7.1% increase on ... Read more	New litigation skills for environmental lawyers Michael Barlow and Georgie Messent discuss the reasons why litigation skills are becoming increasingly essential for environmental lawyers as a result of an expansion in contentious workWe believe that the traditional role of the environmental ... Read more
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