President Biden has signed an order that means the US will return to the global fight against climate change. He is also committed to 100% clean electricity by 2035. The new administration will also protect “biodiversity, slowing extinction rates and helping leverage natural climate solutions by conserving 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030”. […]
With river levels remaining high in the wake of Storm Christoph and subsequent snowfall, it has emerged that swathes of England’s vital flood defences are ‘almost useless’. An investigation by Unearthed found that thousands of England’s vital flood defences were in such a state of ruin last year they would fail to protect communities from extreme […]
The Environment Agency has published a summary of responses to the recent Challenges and Choices consultation, into the “challenges our waters face and the choices we all need to make to help tackle those challenges”. The Agency received a total of 606 responses from a range of groups and individuals, including: the water industry local […]
From Defra A joint industry-government group established last year to tackle river pollution has today (22 January) agreed a new objective to prevent damage from storm overflows. The Storm Overflows Taskforce – made up of Defra, the Environment Agency, Ofwat, Consumer Council for Water, Blueprint for Water and Water UK – has agreed to set […]