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June 2019

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June 2019

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A roofing contractor has been sentenced for

failing to take adequate precautions to

prevent his workers falling from height and

for breaching a prohibition notice.

The Magistrates’ Court heard how in April

2018 workers were observed working on the

roof of a domestic two-storey house in

Wrexham with no edge protection.

A prohibition notice was issued preventing

further work until control measures were put

in place, but the contractor chose to ignore it

and carried on working.

An investigation by the Health and Safety

Executive (HSE), found that Mr Hamilton

allowed his workers to be exposed to a

continuing risk of falling from the roof, with

potential for fatal or major injury.

Mr Hamilton pleaded guilty to breaching:

• Regulation 6 (3) of the Work at Height

Regulations 2005 for failing to provide

precautions to prevent falls from height

and

• Sections 33 (1) (e) and 33 (1) g of the

Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 for

failing to comply with a prohibition notice.

Mr Hamilton was sentenced to 12 months

imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, plus

200 hours unpaid work. He was also ordered

to pay a contribution of £4,000 towards the

costs.

Speaking after the case HSE principal

inspector Paul Harvey said

“This was a serious incident and it is fortunate

nobody was injured as a result of it. There are

well known standards in the construction

industry for controlling risks from falls from

height. Even when the dutyholder was served

a prohibition notice to stop the activity they

failed to take the appropriate action.

“HSE will not hesitate to take enforcement

action against those that disregard

enforcement notices when served or fail to

take appropriate measures to control well

known risks”.

Roofing contractor sentenced for unsafe work at height


June 2019

Red Funnel Ferries has been fined after a worker fell from the

unprotected edge of its Red Falcon ship’s mezzanine car deck.

Southampton Crown Court heard how, on 24 September 2015,

a worker was uncoiling a reel of electrical cable on a mezzanine

deck at Southampton docks, when he inadvertently stepped

off a raised edge and fell 2.5m to the lower deck, sustaining

multiple fractures to his foot and wrist.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

found that Red Funnel should have taken steps such as

lowering the mezzanine deck or raising the edge protection

barriers on the deck in order to eliminate the risk of falling

from height.

The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal

Mail Steam Packet Company Ltd (trading as Red Funnel

Ferries), pleaded guilty for failing to discharge the duty

imposed upon them by Section 3(1) of Health and Safety at

Work etc. Act 1974.

The company was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay costs of

£10,800.

Speaking after the case, HSE inspector Andrew Johnson said:

“Companies have a duty to ensure the risks from working at

height are properly controlled. Simple steps to eliminate the

risk of falling or prevent it (through barriers etc.) were not

taken and a serious injury occurred.”

A stone masonry company has been sentenced after failing to

adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica

dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis. The

Magistrates’ Court heard how prior to 2017, employees of GO

Stonemasonry Limited in Accrington carried out work that

resulted in exposure to respirable silica dust.

An investigation by the HSE found that GO Stonemasonry

Limited had been cutting and working with stone for several

years without any suitable and sufficient dust extraction. The

company failed to ensure that respiratory protective

equipment (RPE) was adequately controlling the inhalation

exposure to respiratory silica dust. The company did not have

appropriate work processes, systems or control measures in

place and had no health surveillance to identify any early signs

of effects on workers’ health.

The company pleaded Guilty of breaching section 2(1) of the

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was

fined £8000 and ordered to pay costs of £10,000.

HSE inspector Sharon Butler said after the hearing “Silica is

found in most rocks, sand and clay and in products such as

bricks and concrete. In the workplace these materials create

dust when they are cut, sanded or carved. Some of this dust

may be fine enough to breathe deeply into your lungs and is

known as respirable crystalline silica. Exposure to this dust can

cause silicosis, leading to impaired lung function, breathing

problems and is life threatening.

“Simple steps to stop workers breathing in the dust must be

taken and companies should know HSE will not hesitate to take

action against those failing to protect their workers’ health.”

Fall leads to multiple fractures and fine Employees exposed to silica dust


June 2019

Seven people have died whilst cleaning a hotel sewer in

western India. The four sanitation workers and three staff at

Darshsan Hotel fell unconscious and died after inhaling toxic

fumes. The hotel owner has been charged over the deaths.

According to police, the incident began after one sanitary

worker entered the septic tank. When he did not return from

the tank or respond to calls, his three colleagues went in to

find him. Later, when none of the four had come out, three

hotel staff went in to help them, but they too fell unconscious

and died.

Safai Karmachari Andolan - a group campaigning to end

manual sanitation work - estimates that nearly 1,800 sewer

cleaners have died from suffocation during the last 10 years.

Key lessons

• Whilst this was in India, it highlights the need for a suitable

and sufficient risk assessment and appropriate emergency

procedures when working in confined spaces

A grain store company has been fined following the death of a

worker at its site in Linton, Cambridgeshire.

The Crown Court heard how on 27 July 2016 an employee of

Camgrain Stores Ltd suffered fatal injuries after being struck by

a lorry at the site. He had left the control room to walk across

the site and on leaving the building he walked in front of a

lorry. The driver had checked his mirrors but he did not see the

employee and moved forward fatally injuring the employee.


found that Camgrain Stores Ltd had failed to ensure that

pedestrians and vehicles could move safely around the site and

that they had not provided measures to prevent employees

walking into areas where large vehicles are moving.

Camgrain Stores Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1)

of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The company has

been fined £180,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000.

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June 2019

Two contractors have been fined after a worker suffered fatal

injuries following a fall through a fragile roof during

construction work at a factory in Staffordshire.

The Crown Court heard how on 19 September 2015, at the

Norton Aluminium foundry site in Norton Canes, a scaffold

company employee was fatally injured after falling

approximately 11.5 metres through a fragile roof. The

employee was working on the corrugated asbestos cement

roof to move and fit temporary scaffold guardrails as part of a

larger roof refurbishment project at the site.

An investigation by the Health and Safety

Executive (HSE) found that Stephen John

Brennan, trading as SB Scaffolding, failed to

ensure the health and safety of his employees in

relation to the work taking place on the fragile

roof at the site. The investigation also found that

Sandwell Roofing Limited, a contractor in overall

control of the roof refurbishment project, failed

to ensure that people not in its employment

were not exposed to risks arising from work on

the fragile roof.

Stephen John Brennan pleaded guilty to

breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety

at Work etc Act 1974. He was sentenced to six

months imprisonment suspended for two years,

180 hours of unpaid community service and

ordered to pay costs of £14,000.

Sandwell Roofing Limited pleaded guilty to

breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act

1974. The company was fined £41,125 and ordered to pay

costs of £33,000.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Andrew Bowker said:

“Falls through fragile roof materials remain one of the most

common causes of work-related fatalities during construction

work. These risks are well known, and the required control

measures well documented in both HSE and industry guidance.

This was a tragic and wholly avoidable accident that led to the

death of a young man. This death could easily have been

prevented if suitable safe systems of work had been in place.”

A construction company has been fined more than £800,000

after a worker suffered three fractured vertebrae when he was

hit on the head by a large expanded polystyrene block when it

slipped from an excavator bucket.

The Magistrates Court heard how on the 20 January 2017

workers were constructing a piling platform at Redhill Station

from expanded polystyrene blocks when one of the blocks

slipped from an excavator bucket whilst being lowered into

place, hitting the worker. The injured person is still suffering

the effects of the injury.

An investigation by the HSE found that the lifting operation

had not used appropriate lifting accessories to transport the

load and had simply trapped the load with the bucket against

the dipping arm of the excavator.

Bam Nuttall Limited pleaded guilty of breaching Section 2(1) of

the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The Company has

been fined £833,333.33, plus ordered to pay full costs of

£5,478.22, as well as the victim surcharge of £170.

Worker suffers fatal injury following a fragile roof fall during construction work Principal contractor fined


June 2019

Electricity and gas

utility company,

National Grid

Electricity

Transmission PLC ,

has been fined after a

worker was killed.

The Crown Court

heard how, on 18

November 2016, Paul

Marsden, a sub-

station crafts person

for National Grid

Electricity

Transmission was to

move a delivery crate

containing a

compressor with the

help of a colleague.

Mr Marsden was

using a remote-

controlled lorry loader crane but as they attempted to attach

the slings to the hook, the crane struck Mr Marsden resulting

in fatal injuries.


found National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC failed to

ensure the lift was properly planned, effectively supervised and

carried out safely. The company also failed to ensure Mr

Marsden had received adequate training in the new lorry

loader crane, in particular the additional risks due to the

remote-control unit.

National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC pleaded guilty to

breaching Section 2(1) of Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

and Regulation 8(1) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting

Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER). The company was fined

£334,000 and ordered to pay costs of £17 673.34, as well as an

additional victim surcharge of £170.

An aggregate company has been sentenced for safety breaches

after a worker suffered crush injuries to his arm.

The Magistrates court heard how, on 18 March 2015, a worker

was operating an EXTEC 5000 turbo screen 3-way split machine

when his arm became trapped between the moving belt and

the roller. The worker had to be cut free from the machine. He

sustained a punctured lung, three broken ribs, a fracture to the

top half of his right arm and nerve damage.


found that there was a lack of guarding on the machine which

is used to crush and grade recycled aggregate stone.

MJB Excavations and Plant Hire Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching

Section 2 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The

company has been fined £33,350.00 and ordered to pay £950

in costs.

Worker killed while operating a remote-controlled crane Worker trapped in crushing machine


June 2019

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June 2019

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed that eight

hospitals in seven NHS Trusts have reported cases of listeria

linked to pre-packed sandwiches and salads eaten by patients.

Nine patients have been affected, of whom five have died.

The food involved has been withdrawn. The Good Food Chain

had supplied salads and/or sandwiches to 43 NHS trusts.

Public Health England says the health risk to the public remains

low, and individuals should only seek medical attention if they

develop symptoms.

Listeria is a bacterium which can cause a type of food

poisoning called listeriosis. Normally, the symptoms are mild -

a high temperature, chills, feeling sick - and go away on their

own after a few days. But in this outbreak, the cases occurred

in people who were already seriously ill in hospital, and they

are most at risk of severe infection.

Listeria can then cause damage to organs, spread to the brain

or bloodstream, and be fatal.

A law protecting allergy sufferers

will be introduced following the

death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse.

The teenager died after an allergic

reaction to a Pret A Manger

baguette purchased in Heathrow

Airport. She died of anaphylaxis

after collapsing on board a flight to

Nice on 17 July 2016.

Natasha, 15, suffered a severe

allergic reaction after eating sesame

in an artichoke, olive and tapenade

baguette.

The law, which will apply to England and Northern Ireland, is

set to come into force by the summer of 2021.

Under "Natasha's law", food businesses will have to include full

ingredients labelling on pre-packaged food. Businesses will be

given a two-year implementation period to adapt to the

changes.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove said "These changes will

make food labels clear and consistent and give the country's

two million food allergy sufferers confidence in making safe

food choices".

The coroner looking into her death said Natasha had been

"reassured" by the lack of specific allergen information on the

packaging.

Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, Natasha’s parents, have

campaigned for a change to the current rules which states that

food pre-prepared on the premises in which it is sold does not

need to display information about allergy sufferers.

The announcement was welcomed by the Food Standards

Agency, which said the change would mean "better protection"

for allergic consumers.

Current status of labelling:

• Supermarket sandwiches already have to list full

ingredients including allergens

• Over-the-counter sandwiches, if made to order in front of

the customer, does not currently need a label.

• Pre-prepared sandwiches, if made on the premises, does

not currently need a label, just a sign nearby prompting

customers to ask about allergens

Listeria outbreak in hospitals Natasha's law to be introduced in the summer of 2021


June 2019

An electrical company has been fined after a woman was

fatally crushed by a roller shutter door. The Magistrates’ Court

heard how on 14 August 2016 Heidi Chalkley pressed the

button to open the roller-shutter door. She then held onto the

grille as it raised and became trapped as it wound around the

roller, fatally crushing her body.


found that the sensors at the top of the door were incorrectly

wired and no longer functioned as the door opened. B.S.

Graves (Electrical) Limited had carried out work on the roller

shutter door since 2012, including an inspection only a month

before the incident. The company did not check the operation

of the safety sensors and failed to identify the fault.

B.S. Graves (Electrical) Limited pleaded guilty to breaching

Section 3(1) of Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was

fined £25,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,500.

A Dessert company has been fined after an employee was

struck by machinery while relocating it on site.

The Magistrates Court heard how on 11 April 2018, an

employee of Mademoiselle Desserts Corby Limited received

injuries whilst moving a large mixer across the yard in Corby.

The mixer was on a pallet truck but was not secured to it.

Another worker was pulling the pallet truck whilst the injured

person was walking alongside and supporting the load. As they

approached a container in the yard they turned the pallet truck

when both the pallet and mixer tipped onto him resulting

in five broken bones in his foot.


found that there was no risk assessment for the operation. The

mixer was on an unsecured damaged plastic pallet, which was

resting on the forks of the pallet truck. The forks were not

inserted into the pockets of the pallet.

Mademoiselle Desserts Corby Limited pleaded guilty to

breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act

1974. They were fined £36,000 and ordered to pay costs of

£1371.80 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £170.

After the hearing HSE inspector Michelle Morrison said “This

incident could so easily have been avoided had the operation

been properly risk assessed and simple control measures and

safe working practices put in place.

“Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take

appropriate action against those that fall below the required

standard.”

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June 2019

Valero Energy UK Ltd and B&A Contracts Ltd have been fined

after an explosion killed four workers and seriously injured

another at an oil refinery in Pembrokeshire in 2011.

Dennis Riley, 52, Robert Broome, 48, Andrew Jenkins, 33, and

Julie Jones, 54, died after a storage tank exploded at the site.

Andrew Philips also sustained major injuries.

The Crown Court heard how on, 2 June 2011, the five workers

were emptying a tank in the Amine Recovery Unit using a

vacuum tanker when the explosion and subsequent fire took

place shortly after 6pm. B & A Contracts Ltd, which was a long-

term contractor at the refinery, was carrying out the work,

with support from another contractor, Hertel.

The explosion resulted in a fireball which severed the 5-tonne

tank roof, and this was projected 55 metres to impact against a

butane storage sphere. The roof narrowly missed a pipe track

where a range of flammable materials were carried.

An investigation by the Health and

Safety Executive found the explosion

was most likely to have been

initiated by the ignition of a highly

flammable atmosphere within the

tank, during what should have been

a routine emptying operation in

preparation for further cleaning and

maintenance.

The investigation also found there

had been longstanding failures

within the refinery safety

management systems and as a result

the risks posed by flammable

atmospheres within the Amine

Recovery Unit were not understood

or controlled.

At the time of the incident the refinery was operated by

Chevron Limited, but ownership changed in August 2011 when

the sale to Valero was completed.

Valero Energy UK Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 2(1)

and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The

company have been fined £5 million and ordered to pay costs

of £1 million.

B & A Contracts Ltd of Hubberston Road, Pembrokeshire

pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health

and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.They have been fined

£120,000 and ordered to pay costs of £40,000.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Andrew Knowles

said: “This incident, which had devastating consequences for

all of those involved, was entirely preventable. Many

opportunities to take action to control risk were missed, that

would have prevented the incident from occurring. It is

important to realise that the incident could have had even

more serious consequences had the butane sphere or pipe

track been damaged by the flying tank roof.

Detective Superintendent Anthony Griffiths said:

“Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police worked closely with the

Health and Safety Executive to support them in the very

complex investigation to establish the cause of this tragic

incident. We hope that the lessons learned ensure that a

tragedy of this nature doesn’t happen again. Our thoughts

remain with all the families involved.”

£5 million after four people died in an oil explosion


June 2019

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June 2019

A superconducting electromagnet company has been

sentenced after a worker was fatally hit and crushed.

The Magistrates’ Court heard how on 23 March 2018 Dr Craig

McEwan, at Tesla Engineering Ltd, died while undertaking the

making of a superconducting magnet coil. He was working on

top of a tank when he became caught between a moving

gantry crane and a metal chimney on the top of the tank.


found that Tesla Engineering Ltd had failed to implement

measures to prevent a person from being hit by the overhead

gantry crane. A chimney extension had been recently fitted to

a tank and increased the height workers were able to access

and so put workers at a height where they could come into

contact with the overhead gantry crane. No measures had

been put in place to ensure that the gantry crane could not be

operated while workers were in an area where they could

come into contact with the gantry crane.

Tesla Engineering Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2

(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and has

been fined £400,000 with £7546 .72 in costs.

Following the hearing, HSE inspector Russell Beckett

commented: “Tesla Engineering adapted the work process it

carried out but failed to review their risk assessment or to take

measures to ensure that workers could not be hit by the

moving overhead gantry crane. Simple measure to either lock

out the crane or to prevent workers accessing dangerous areas

could have been implemented but were not on this occasion

which ultimately led to Dr McEwan losing his life.”

A self-employed builder has been given a suspended jail

sentence after a three-year-old girl suffered severe head

injuries when a length of timber fell on her whilst being

hoisted up the outside of a scaffold.

The Magistrates’ Court heard how on the 6 July 2018, the girl,

and her mother, who was pushing her daughter in a buggy,

were walking along Preston Street in Brighton. As they passed

scaffolding, erected on the pavement for refurbishment work

to a flat above, the length of timber fell from approximately

ten metres in height striking the girl on the head.

The three-year-old suffered life changing injuries. While she

has made a significant progress, it is not yet known whether

she will make a full recovery.


found that the builder in control of the works had tied the

length of timber to a rope for lifting up the outside of the

scaffold using a pulley system. However, the knot used was not

suitable, and the timber slipped out, falling to the ground, but

there was no exclusion zone in place to prevent persons being

underneath the load, in case of such a problem.

The man pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 8 (1) of the

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. He

was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 18

months, plus 220 hours of unpaid work. He was also ordered

to repay full costs of £5727.92.

Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector Stephen Green said:

“This horrendous incident would have been the last thing on

the minds of this little girl and her mum as they set off for a fun

day out at the beach. The impact this incident has had on the

girl and her family was easily prevented by simply stopping

people from walking beneath the suspended timber whilst it

was lifted. ”

Fine after worker suffers fatal injuries Builder sentenced after timber falls on three year old girl


June 2019

A company has been sentenced after a Scaffolder fell 40 feet

whilst dismantling complex scaffolding on a conveyor tower.

The Crown Court heard how on 14 January 2014 a scaffolder

who was working at Port Talbot Steel Works sustained a

broken right collar bone and multiple fractures to ribs, pelvis,

femur and fibula along with ligament, muscle & tissue damage

after a 40ft fall.


found that the company had failed to ensure the work at

height was properly planned, effectively supervised and carried

out in a safe manner.

Rowecord Total Access Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section

2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The

company has been fined £9,600 and ordered to pay costs of

£100,000.

A company, two directors and a self-employed contractor have

been sentenced and fined after an electrician fell two storeys

through an unprotected stairwell.

The Magistrates Court heard how, on 1 December 2016, Mr

Quirk was carrying out electrical work at a property owned and

was being refurbished by self-employed contractor Mr Dixon.

Mr Quirk, whilst exiting the loft, fell from a damaged

Youngman Board spanning the stairwell, landing on the

concrete floor below and suffering multiple fractures, a bleed

on the brain and facial nerve damage.


found that two directors of the company, Mr Grice and Mr

Mullan, were fully aware, along with Mr Dixon, that the

damaged board was being used as a makeshift ladder and had

used it themselves.

They were also aware of the unprotected edges of the

stairwell, but had not carried out risk assessments, identified

which control measures were needed, or implemented

suitable safety measures to protect workers on site.

Green Generation Renewable Services Ltd pleaded guilty to

breaching Regulation 15 (2) of the Construction (Design and

Management) Regulations 2015 and was fined £20,000 and

ordered to pay costs of £2,548.28

Mr Grice pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 15 (2) of the

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, by

virtue of Section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act

1974 and was

sentenced to 16

weeks in prison

(suspended for 18

months) and fined

£1,000 and ordered

to pay costs of

£2,000.

Mr Dixon pleaded

guilty to breaching

Section 3 (2) of the

Health and Safety at

Work etc. Act 1974

and was sentenced to

16 weeks in prison

(suspended for 18

months) and fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,000.

Mr Mullan of Argyle Road, Garston, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to

breaching Regulation 15 (2) of the Construction (Design and

Management) Regulations 2015, by virtue of Section 37 of the

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined £1,500

and ordered to pay costs of £2,000.

After the hearing, HSE Inspector Deborah Walker said: “This

incident could have so easily have been prevented. Falls from

height remain one of the most common causes of work-related

injuries and the risks associated with working at height are well

known. Those in control of work have a responsibility to devise

safe methods of working and to provide the necessary safety

measures.”

Worker falls from height Company and directors sentenced after worker suffers life changing injuries


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June 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will be cut to almost zero

by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan to tackle

climate change.

The UK already has a target to reduce emissions by 80% by

2050. The commitment was agreed by MPs under the Climate

Change Act in 2008. But the Act will now be amended to the

new, much tougher, goal.

Burning fossil fuels in a major contributor to greenhouse gas

emissions

Although Scotland has already committed to reducing

greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2045, Britain is the

first major nation to propose this target - and it has been

widely praised by environmental groups.

The terminology used by the government is "net zero"

greenhouse gases by 2050. That means emissions from homes,

transport, farming and industry will have to be avoided

completely or - in the most difficult examples - offset by

planting trees or sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommended Wales

should aim to cut emissions by a lower target of 95% by 2050

due to the importance of the farming industry to rural

communities. But the Welsh government has since said it

wants to go further - and will commit to net-zero by 2050, like

the rest of the UK. Northern Ireland is the only devolved

administration which does not have its own climate change

legislation and emissions targets.

The government's advisory Committee on Climate

Change report said if other countries followed the UK, there

was a 50-50 chance of staying below the recommended 1.5C

temperature rise by 2100. A 1.5C rise is considered the

threshold for dangerous climate change.

Air travel is also a major contributor to the UKs greenhouse gas

emissions that have a bearing on global climate change

Solar energy is clean revolution is seen as part of the solution

It is thought that the government will attempt to make the

‘clean revolution’ as painless as possible. Technology

improvements like LED light bulbs, for instance, save emissions

without people noticing. The same is true if people get

hydrogen central heating instead of gas, or if they are obliged

to drive electric cars rather than petrol vehicles.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned of a potential cost of

£1 trillion by 2050. But, Chris Skidmore, the acting energy

minister, said the costs would amount to between 1 and 2% of

the UK's GDP - which was the same amount factored in to

reach the previous 80% reduction target. Therefore it would

not be the case that there would be less money to spend

elsewhere, he said. He added that the green economy would

generate jobs and the cost of green technologies was coming

down all the time.

Like any government decision, the plan could be overturned by

future governments. But the majority of Tory leadership

candidates are backing it - and revoking the Act would need a

majority Commons vote at a time when the public appear very

concerned about the climate.

UK government commits to new 2050 target


June 2019

The retail health and beauty chain Boots has started to replace

plastic bags with brown paper bags in an attempt to cut down

on the use of single-use plastic. The retailer is also introducing

unbleached paper dispensing bags for prescriptions.

But prescriptions assembled at its central pharmacy will still be

sent out in plastic packaging, a practice that has been criticised

by customers.

The new paper bags will initially be available in 53 of its 2,485

stores. The aim is for all Boots' outlets to use paper by early

2020. The move will affect customers who have not brought

their own bag.

The paper bags will cost 5p, 7p and 10p - the current plastic

ones come in two 5p and 10p sizes - and, as is the case now,

profits from the bags will go to BBC Children in Need.

The paper bags in England are not subject to the carrier bag

levy, but they will be in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Boots UK signed up to the UK Plastics Pact last year and said at

the time it was "committed to reducing single-use plastic".

Key lessons

• Paper bags decompose much quicker than plastic ones, but

some research has suggested they use four times as much

energy to produce, and use more energy to transport

because they are heavier.

• It is better to reuse bags you already have rather than

taking new.

An international research programme has been launched to

assess the health of the Atlantic Ocean. The iAtlantic project

involves more than 30 partners and is being co-ordinated by

Edinburgh University.

The project will last four years, with the European Union's

Horizon 2020 programme putting in more than €10m. A

further €30m will be coming from partners in the form of

research cruises and other technologies.

The scientists will scan the deep ocean from the Arctic to South

America. They want to assess the effects of climate change on

plants and animals. They will use genomics, physics, machine

learning and other specialisms, and spend four years creating a

digital map of the ocean's ecosystems. The results will help

governments decide which developments of the Atlantic are

sustainable and responsible.

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Stockholm

University have reported that 571 plant species have

disappeared in the last 250 years. That is more than twice the

number of birds, mammals and amphibians recorded as extinct

(a combined total of 217 species).

This data suggests plant extinction is happening as much as

500 times faster than what would be expected normally, if

humans were not involved. The researchers state that even

these numbers underestimate the true levels of ongoing plant

extinction.

The research is important, because all life on Earth depends on

plants, as they provide the food we eat and the oxygen we

breathe.

Plant extinctions can lead to a wide variety of further

extinctions in other organisms that rely on them, for example,

the insects that use plants for food and for laying their eggs.

The researchers are calling for a number of measures to stop

plant extinction:

• Record all the plants across the world

• Support herbaria, which preserve plant specimens for

posterity

• Support botanists who carry out vital research

• Teach our children to see and recognise local plants.

The research can be accessed at:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0906-2

Boots switch to paper bags Alarming rate of plant extinctions Atlantic ocean study launched

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0906-2

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