The Scottish Government are hoping to double the scale of salmon farming but the opposition is mounting. Don Staniford has often been a lone voice opposing the industry but now many others are joining in to raise the concerns. This One Show coverage is particularly telling. Watch the BBC One Show reporting (10 September 2018) […]
Water Briefing: ‘Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the private water companies for running a ‘crumbling’ system and reiterated the Labour Party’s intention to bring them back into public ownership. Labour analysis of Ofwat figures has revealed that since privatisation of the water industry, the value of water companies for shareholders across England has almost quadrupled. It […]
National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy 2019 – Environment Agency publishes initial scoping report The Environment Agency has announced plans to undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment for the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy 2050. The revised flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) strategy requires a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) under […]
Guardian – Global soft drink companies have made their biggest commitment yet to eliminating the use of throwaway plastic bottles, in an action plan presented to parliament. In a report sponsored by the likes of Danone, Suntory and Nestlé, the companies give unequivocal backing to a government-implemented deposit and return scheme. Their ambition is for […]
Business Green: Madeleine Cuff Water companies forced to prepare for repeats of 2018’s ‘Beast from the East’ and record-breaking summer heatwave Anglian Water has proposed a major £6.5bn investment plan to protect water supplies against the growing threat of extreme weather events, the supplier announced yesterday. The water utility said the five-year, £6.5bn strategy is […]
Carbon Brief: ‘The BBC, one of the world’s largest and most respected news organisations, has issued formal guidance to its journalists on how to report climate change. Carbon Brief has obtained the internal four-page “crib sheet” sent yesterday to BBC journalists via an email from Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s director of news and current affairs. […]
ICE ‘As part of our bicentenary celebrations, ICE will host a special lecture on 19 September exploring the past, present and future of water engineering. We cannot live without water; access to it, and its use and disposal have defined civilisation. Globally the combination of increasing urbanisation, population growth and climate change offer new challenges, […]
The Environmental Audit Committee holds its first evidence session in its inquiry into Sustainable Seas. Purpose of the session The Committee will hear from the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisers and leading academics from the sector. The session will explore the findings of the Government Office for Science’s Foresight report on the future of the sea. […]