20 April 2012
Energy experts at Burges Salmon have made an important contribution to a major piece of research assessing the potential contribution of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK, and how to overcome obstacles to successful deployment of CCS.
05 April 2012
Temporary use bans (commonly known as ‘hosepipe bans’) come into effect from today (5 April) across the South and South East.
28 March 2012
Lawyers from the Burges Salmon Energy and Environment team provide an update on the RHI.
23 January 2012
The South West has today been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, firmly placing the region on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy.
02 December 2011
Burges Salmon is delighted to have hosted on 6/7 December, on behalf of UK Green Building Council, a "Hot House" to discuss the Green Deal. Representatives of DECC ran through the details of the scheme with those who have been closely involved to date.
22 June 2011
If draft regulations come into force as planned on 1 July, an estimated 200,000 kilometres of private sewers and private lateral drains will, from 1 October this year, transfer “overnight” from private ownership to that of statutory sewerage and water companies.
17 June 2011
With a drought declared in parts of East Anglia, and other regions experiencing substantially reduced rainfall in recent months, Burges Salmon is urging businesses to familiarise themselves with the latest government information regarding drought permits and drought orders.
21 April 2011
An award-winning legal team from Burges Salmon has advised on a landmark renewable energy scheme which will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of whisky production in Scotland.
20 April 2011
Burges Salmon has assisted in the completion of a £70m transaction on behalf of international specialist gas and chemical company A-Gas - the third deal on which the two firms have collaborated during a ten year working relationship.
22 March 2011
In March 2011 the High Court found in favour of two Suffolk residents claiming that the operators of a stadium and track used for speedway racing and banger racing created a noise nuisance.
01 March 2011
The "Environmental Good Practice On Site Guide" published by CIRIA is one of the construction industry's best known publications. The guide is a user-friendly reference and training aid for the construction industry and provides practical advice about managing activities on construction and demolition sites to minimise environmental impacts.
26 October 2010
The case of Lambert v Barratt Homes Ltd and Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council has established that a landowner owes a duty of care to his neighbour to prevent a nuisance, even if he did not create that nuisance in the first place.
11 August 2010
Burges Salmon team has advised BiogenGreenfinch, the UK's leading operator of Anaerobic Digestion food waste plants.
27 July 2010
The new Flood and Water Management Act 2010 is likely to have a significant impact on farming operations, especially on low lying land or where there is a farm reservoir or man made lake. One of the Act's central objectives is to shift the emphasis away from flood defence to "flood and coastal erosion risk management", a concept which allows rural land to flood to protect urban centres.
28 May 2010
Burges Salmon to advise on the impact of the new Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) on the UK water industry.
15 February 2010
From the beginning of 2010 local authorities will have new powers to ensure that private water supplies provide wholesome water. The main headline for landowners is that failure to comply with notices served by local authorities to undertake work to improve the quality of supply is now a criminal offence.
02 February 2010
Ecotricity has announced plans to provide homeowners with the option to pay for a 'green' gas supply from January 2010.
02 February 2010
An overview of how the UK Government supported the development of Anaerobic Digestion in 2009.
02 February 2010
On 19 November Staffordshire county council granted Biffa planning permission a 4MW facility at Polars, Cannock, Staffs.
02 February 2010
Planning officers have recommended that the plans of a Suffolk brewery to build an anaerobic plant next door to its distribution centre should be approved.
02 February 2010
Construction on a 190 kWe biogas plant in Herefordshire is planned to start in spring 2010.
02 February 2010
DECC has been granted ministerial approval to launch the 6th round of the Bioenergy Capital Grants Scheme.
02 February 2010
Planners have given the green light for Blackpool-based AD specialist Farmgen to start work on a £2.5million 800kW AD plant.
24 November 2009
On 10 November 2009 Ed Miliband released the first six National Policy Statements on Energy, which are designed to guide the decision making process of the Infrastructure Planning Commission established under the Planning Act 2008. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
In the new Chambers guide to legal services, our Environment law team is ranked No 1 for London and UK wide and the South West, our Projects Energy – Renewables and alternative energy team is at Band 4, and our Planning law team is ranked as Band 1 for the South West.
24 November 2009
What are the key issues that still stand as barriers to reaching a radical new international agreement on climate change?
24 November 2009
The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA) gained approval of the House of Representatives in June and would require that at least 15% of US electricity be generated from renewable sources, such as wind or solar power, by 2020. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
Early in October the Government released its long awaited response on the now re-titled 'Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme' (CRC EE). The Response has made some significant changes to the scheme, providing clarity on some issues and further confusion on others. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
The UK's Committee on Climate Change, established under the Climate Change Act 2008, has published its first report to Parliament setting out its views on the progress that has been made towards achieving the UK's target of a 34% reduction in CO2 (of 1990 levels) by 2020.
24 November 2009
Gas and electricity providers with over 50,000 customers are required by this Order to promote law carbon and energy efficiency measures.
24 November 2009
Regulations bringing aviation at least partially within the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme have now been made.
24 November 2009
EU Member States government and Members of the European Parliament reached political agreement on 17 November on revisions to the 2002 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive that will have the result of forcing all new buildings constructed after 2020 to consume "near-zero-energy".
24 November 2009
The UK is one of the 27 Member States in Europe that has struggled to meet legally binding air quality standards, and it continues to experience 'hotspots' or in air quality legislative language 'exceedances' especially in areas such as London.
24 November 2009
The Marine and Coastal Access Bill received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 after 17 sessions in Committee in the House of Lords and consideration of over 1,000 amendments.
24 November 2009
The International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN) recently released the latest update to their Red List of Threatened Species.
20 November 2009
The final deadline for late pre-registration for some chemical substances and high volume manufacturers and importers is on 30 November 2009, which is also the deadline for the first main Registration - read more to see how this affects you and your business.
28 October 2009
We advised the NDA on the completion of the sale of land adjacent to the nuclear site at Sellafield in Cumbria.
07 October 2009
The Government has now published its response to the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) consultation that closed in June 2009, which announces some fundamental changes to the proposed structure of the CRC scheme.
26 August 2009
The LSA, now well into its 2nd year, has grown from 18 founding members to over 120 firms. They have recently developed a sustainable procurement guide for law firms and series of briefing notes outlining the key concepts of climate change adaptation for different sectors, new and emerging policy and best practice in this area.
11 August 2009
We advised Garrad Hassan (GH) on a merger with Germanischer-Lloyd.
13 July 2009
Our Environment Team recently broadcast a webinar, jointly with PWC, on environmental liabilities and insolvency.
24 June 2009
We have been named Infrastructure/Energy Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2009. We're really pleased with this achievement, especially as this is the first year the award has been given. This recognises the hard work put in across the firm, as people in every area have helped over recent years.
22 June 2009
A cross-firm team recently supported Milk Link in its acquisition of the Llandyrnog cheese creamery in North Wales.
26 May 2009
We have been appointed to provide legal advice to Gwynedd Council for their pathfinder Anaerobic Digestion Scheme, Project GwyriAD.
11 May 2009
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a new mandatory UK emissions trading scheme that will start in April 2010.
01 May 2009
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the first round of sales of sites for new nuclear power stations.
15 April 2009
We advised Costain on its £397 million contract with Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Ltd.
24 March 2009
Our Environment Team produced this webcast which looks at decommissioning and mothballing manufacturing plant.
19 November 2008
Pre-registration of substances under the EU REACH Regulation closes on 30 November 2008.