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Aussies could be slapped with $3k fine for parking in EV spots

Aussies could be slapped with $3k fine for parking in EV spots

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Aussies could be slapped with $3k fine for parking in EV spots

This is to make sure all EVs can be charged when needed and encourage a larger uptake

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Single-use plastics ban comes into force in Scotland

Single-use plastics ban comes into force in Scotland

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Single-use plastics ban comes into force in Scotland

Around 700m of the single-use items, including plastic cutlery, plates, straws and polystyrene food containers, are currently used in Scotland every year

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Sunderland man fined £12k for illegal waste operation

Sunderland man fined £12k for illegal waste operation

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Sunderland man fined £12k for illegal waste operation

Clifford Shee, aged 55, was prosecuted by the Environment Agency for operating outside the requirements of three exempt waste activities

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Ofgem orders four energy suppliers to pay £14.7m in green taxes

Ofgem orders four energy suppliers to pay £14.7m in green taxes

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Ofgem orders four energy suppliers to pay £14.7m in green taxes

The regulator said Delta Gas and Power, GnERGY, Robin Hood Energy and Toto Energy could lose their licence if the Renewables Obligation payments are not made

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BP hit with £400k fine after oil spill in Shetland

BP hit with £400k fine after oil spill in Shetland

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BP hit with £400k fine after oil spill in Shetland

Around 3.8 tonnes of ‘extremely flammable, unstabilised crude oil’ spilled on to the ground at Sullom Voe Terminal in December 2012

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Ofgem fines ENGIE unit £2.1m over gas price manipulation by trader

Ofgem fines ENGIE unit £2.1m over gas price manipulation by trader

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Ofgem fines ENGIE unit £2.1m over gas price manipulation by trader

The regulator said the trader working for ENGIE Global Markets was engaged in a type of market manipulation called ‘spoofing’ over a three-month period in 2016

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Ofgem revokes URE Energy’s electricity licence

Ofgem revokes URE Energy’s electricity licence

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Ofgem revokes URE Energy’s electricity licence

The supplier failed to meet its Renewables Obligation, under which firms that do not source the required proportion of electricity from green sources must pay into a fund

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Solar panel firm fined £40k after worker falls through skylight

Solar panel firm fined £40k after worker falls through skylight

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Solar panel firm fined £40k after worker falls through skylight

An employee of SolarUK was carrying out installation work on the roof of a farm workshop in East Sussex

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Thames Water fined £700k for sewage pollution

Thames Water fined £700k for sewage pollution

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Thames Water fined £700k for sewage pollution

The Environment Agency said up to 30 million litres of sewage were released from the Maidenhead Sewage Treatment plant

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Ofgem orders Green Star Energy to pay £350,000

Ofgem orders Green Star Energy to pay £350,000

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Ofgem orders Green Star Energy to pay £350,000

More than 1,800 customers in the private rental market were unable to access their accounts and switch to cheaper tariffs

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Southern Water faces record £126m penalty over ‘shocking’ sewage failures

Southern Water faces record £126m penalty over ‘shocking’ sewage failures

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Southern Water faces record £126m penalty over ‘shocking’ sewage failures

The Environment Agency has launched a criminal investigation into the case

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Anaerobic digestion firm fined £19,000 for odour pollution

Anaerobic digestion firm fined £19,000 for odour pollution

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Anaerobic digestion firm fined £19,000 for odour pollution

According to the Environment Agency, families from the nearby registered travelling community site left their homes for more than four weeks

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