EA fines thirty-three companies a total of £27 Million

The Environment Agency has issued fines, totalling £27 Million, to thirty-three companies for breaches of climate change schemes. Firms running power plants and energy companies were fined after under-reporting their emissions for a or failing to submit the necessary reports outlining their emissions for a specific year. Brewing and automotive companies were among those fined for failing to sufficiently reduce their energy use and carbon dioxide emissions after signing up for a voluntary agreement with the Environment Agency, which entitled them to a discount on the Climate Change Levy. Insurance companies and firms manufacturing machinery were been fined for failing to complete required audits of the energy used by their business and failing to identify cost-effective energy saving measures.