Environment Agency and Natural England have released a new (Sept) update on the Water Environment Grant (WEG). Update Details 316 applications for the scheme have now been assessed for eligibility and scored against the prioritisation criteria. Those applications which are eligible are now going through a process of quality assurance (QA) and checks to make […]
WRc Case Study The Need A major problem associated with water supply from upland areas is dissolved organic carbon (DOC) which discolours raw water supplies. This can be both difficult and expensive to remove at water treatment works. To combat rising colour trends, Severn Trent Water has been restoring degraded peatland in its Bamford catchment […]
Heathrow takes vital step towards carbon neutrality Heathrow Media Centre – Heathrow takes vital step towards carbon neutrality Lancashire nature reserve is first peatland restoration chosen by Heathrow as carbon offsetting project Heathrow plans for the airport to be carbon neutral by 2020, and eventually for its infrastructure to be zero carbon by 2050 Heathrow […]
Evaluation of the economic, health and social impacts of improvements in coastal access delivered by the England Coast Path programme (NECR253) Here are two volumes to this series of reports. Volume 1 – This is the baseline assessment report. The ECP is not yet completed, so this assessment presents a description of the users and benefits of English […]
I think I missed this last year but Lora Fleming one of the authors has made me aware of this really valuable overview report. ‘Approximately 17 percent of the UK population live in coastal communities; some are prosperous and commercially successful, others experiencing socio-economic decline. Regardless, evidence suggests growing risks for the health and wellbeing […]
Defra Survey: 25-year Environment Plan Local Delivery Defra 25 year plan local partnership survey Defra have released a survey to understand how local partnerships currently work to protect and enhance the environment to contribute to social and economic as well as environmental objectives and the factors that affect their success. The survey is aimed at people […]
Marine pollution hasn’t gone away. There was a high level of media coverage calling for much more action to help remove PCBs from the environment. Benny the Beluga has been a pleasant distraction from the grim reality of our politics but he as affected by PCBs as other species higher in the food chain. PCB—still […]
An angler, Craig Whalley, has used a GoPro video camera suspended from his fishing line to get some astonishing video of spurdogs and tope feeding off the Isle of Man. Click here to watch the video.