Landowners and farmers from two carefully-selected areas are now able to apply for licences to pilot new measures designed to tackle the devastating impact of bovine TB, Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has confirmed

The Wildlife Trusts have expressed disappointment as the first phase of High Speed 2 (HS2) is given the go-ahead by the Transport Secretary, Justine Greening. Serious damage to wildlife and habitats is expected as a result of the route’s construction

The British and Norwegian governments are to work together to support nine new research and development projects that will create innovative processes to generate high-value chemicals through industrial biotechnology and bio-refining

The number of new power stations given consent in England and Wales this year has reached fifteen, the highest ever since the Electricity Act came into force in 1989. This number was reached as Energy Minister Charles Hendry gave the go-ahead to developer Dalkia for a new waste wood power plant

Buying re-used items like sofas and TVs rather than buying new items is saving UK households around £1 billion a year and helping to create jobs - but this is just a fraction of the potential shown by ground breaking new research from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) which will be launched tomorrow

The burden of bad debt in the water industry, and its impact on everyone’s water bills, is to be tackled through a new consultation launched by Environment Minister, Richard Benyon

A ground-breaking NIAB project has secured £2.7m of funding to help improve the transfer of plant science from research labs through to commercial markets

Communities on the River Aire between Mickletown, near Castleford, and Airmyn, near Goole, will be asked for their views on plans to manage flood risk in their towns and villages over the next 100 years

An ambitious new landscape-scale conservation project aimed at tailor-managing arable farmland across a large area is being launched at the Oxford Farming Conference

Proposals for tougher packaging recycling targets that will stop 400,000 tonnes of packaging going to landfill by 2017 have been announced today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman