Environment

The report 'The Impact Of Shale Gas On Energy Markets (HC 785)' considers the impact of the increase in shale gas production on markets around the world, and examines how a rise in shale gas production might benefit the UK. ...more

• Published: 26 Apr 2013
• ISBN: 9780215057204
• £22.00

If farmers had to pollinate fruit and vegetables without the help of insects it would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and we would all be stung by rising food prices; however, according to the report 'Pollinators and Pesticides (HC 668)' ...more

• Published: 05 Apr 2013
• ISBN: 9780215055538
• £25.20

The report 'Building New Nuclear: The Challenges Ahead (HC 117)' concludes that failure to build a new fleet of nuclear power stations in the UK could make it much more expensive to meet our climate change targets, and ...more

• Published: 04 Mar 2013
• ISBN: 9780215054586
• £20.00

'Consultation on Simplifying the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: Government Response (Cm. 8486)' sets out the Government's plan for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), a mandatory UK-wide trading scheme designed to incentivise ...more

• Published: 21 Dec 2012
• ISBN: 9780101848626
• £21.25

'Consumer Engagement With Energy Markets (HC 551-I)' reports that there is a lack of consumer engagement with the energy market, due to low levels of competition and a high proportion of customers who are unlikely, or unwilling ...more

• Published: 20 Dec 2012
• ISBN: 9780215052193
• £13.50

The report 'Protecting the Arctic (HC 171)' concludes that temperature rises in the Arctic are already affecting the UK's weather; it is already proven that there are more fossil fuel reserves in the world than can be ...more

• Published: 20 Sep 2012
• ISBN: 9780215048394
• £24.50

Professor John Hills' report on fuel poverty, published in March 2012, found that the problem of fuel poverty was being measured in the wrong way and that proper measurement is integral in designing effective polices to counter fuel poverty; the consultation 'Fuel ...more

• Published: 18 Sep 2012
• ISBN: 9780101844024
• £16.00

China is the fastest growing economy in the world and by 2030 could account for half of the world's CO2 emissions, 'Low-Carbon Growth Links with China (HC 529)' reports. It has recently set out ambitious plans to reduce the ...more

• Published: 29 Aug 2012
• ISBN: 9780215047687
• £17.50

'Wildlife Law - A Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper 206)' sets out proposals to reform the current law regulating wildlife which is out of date, confused and often contradictory. Spread over a collection of Acts dating back to 1831, much of the older legislation is out of step with modern requirements, and ...more

• Published: 14 Aug 2012
• ISBN: 9780118405348
• £38.50

'Draft Energy Bill: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny (HC 275-I)' examines the Energy Bill which sets out to introduce a new system of long-term contracts, to give power companies a guaranteed price for the low-carbon electricity ...more

• Published: 23 Jul 2012
• ISBN: 9780215047281
• £14.50

'The Water White Paper (HC 374)' reports that Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) must work with the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) and the Environment Agency, to urgently tackle ...more

• Published: 05 Jul 2012
• ISBN: 9780215046109
• £17.50

'The Government's Long-term Plans to Deliver Secure, Low Carbon and Affordable Electricity (HC 189)' examines how the Department of Energy and Climate Change is seeking to address long-term challenges and ...more

• Published: 27 Jun 2012
• ISBN: 9780102977165
• £16.00

The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) has described the Rio+20 Conference as one of the most important conferences in the history of the UN. 'The St Martins-in-the-Fields Seminar on the Rio+20 ...more

• Published: 11 Jun 2012
• ISBN: 9780215045546
• £10.00

'Draft Energy Bill (Cm. 8362)' sets out the Government's commitment to obtaining a secure, safe, affordable and low-carbon energy system. This will mean achieving its climate change and renewable energy targets, including a 34% reduction in CO² emissions by 2020 (relative to 1990) and at least an 80% reduction ...more

• Published: 22 May 2012
• ISBN: 9780101836227
• £41.25

'Annual Statement of Emissions for 2010' is the third annual statement of emissions required under section 16 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (see below). It sets out steps taken to calculate the "net UK carbon account" in respect of 2010. ...more

• Published: 26 Mar 2012
• ISBN: 9780108511424
• £8.75

Waste water treatment infrastructure is essential for public health and a clean environment. 'National Policy Statement for Waste Water: A Framework Document for Planning Decisions on Nationally Significant Waste Water Infrastructure' sets out the Government's policy for the provision of major waste water ...more

• Published: 26 Mar 2012
• ISBN: 9780108511486
• £21.25

The conclusions of the report 'EU Proposals for Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (HC 1563-I)' identify the need for radical reform to ensure that the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) delivers for the fish, the fishermen...more

• Published: 24 Feb 2012
• ISBN: 9780215041944
• £12.00

'The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK (HC 1624)' reports that the UK could become a leading exporter of wave and tidal power equipment and expertise...more

• Published: 19 Feb 2012
• ISBN: 9780215041821
• £17.50

'Water for Life (Cm. 8230)' describes a vision for future water management in which the water sector is resilient; water companies are more efficient and customer focused; and water is valued as the precious and finite resource it is....more

• Published: 08 Dec 2011
• ISBN: 9780101823029
• £21.25

'More Cold Comfort: How the Rural Payments Agency Handled Claims to the Single Payment Scheme in 2005 and 2006 (HC 1662)' from the Parliamentary ...more

• Published: 30 Nov 2011
• ISBN: 9780102975260
• £38.50