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In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste LexTalk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Air emissions and climate change DESNZ opens consultations on UK ETS expansion The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has opened two consultations to broaden the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The first proposes bringing the maritime sector into scope, obliging operators on domestic voyages to secure allowances for every tonne of carbon released. The second would recognise non-pipeline transport (NPT) for carbon capture and storage (CCUS) within the UK ETS, letting scheme participants deduct CO2 delivered to permanent storage via NPT from...

Introduction to subsidence Subsidence arises when the soil below a building cannot adequately bear its load effectively. It frequently follows loss of moisture and shrinkage in the ground, commonly after extended dry periods. Other forms of ground movement include ‘settlement’ (the normal compression of soil under a property), ‘heave’ (upward lift beneath a structure, often linked to flooding, escaping water or nearby trees near a property) and ‘landslip’ (sideways displacement due to erosion, frequently affecting coastal homes and properties). A range of triggers can set off subsidence and related ground instability issues. These include, among others: human disturbance (e.g. mines, mine shafts, old and disused wells, soakaways, former ice-houses, past storage or refuse pits) altered drainage regimes and patterns intense rainfall and heavy rain removal of groundwater and abstraction impacts of climate change (e.g. rain, drought, erratic weather), an ever more important driver of concern trees Some contend that hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) causes land movement. Government restrictions on...