Andrea Leadsom to her credit has given evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) and the Environment & Rural Affairs committee (EFRA) over the last two weeks. The video is there for both appearances. There is plenty of wriggle room left for interpretation in the words she uses. Anyone thinking that the Great Repeal Bill […]
Flood defence spending ‘biased towards South’ The media jumped on this with the most recent Cumbrian and Northern floods and this has now been acknowledged. The Press Association: The allocation of flood defence spending in the UK has been described as biased towards the south of England because it favours areas with high house prices. […]
Letter to trading standards body calls for manufacturers to remove ‘misleading’ labelling to prevent wipes from blocking sewers and washing up on beaches Business Green: ‘UK water companies are urging the national trading standards body to help stamp out “misleading” labelling on disposable wet wipes that are marketed as flushable but clog up drains and […]
‘The House of Lords’ EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has launched a short inquiry on environment and climate change policy after Brexit. The first evidence session will take place on Wednesday this week and will hear evidence from leading academics and NGOs. The UK has previously pursued an ambitious climate change policy through its EU […]
EU funding secured for partnership initiative to increase flood resilience The National Flood Forum, in partnership with the Rivers Trust, have secured funding to work together to reduce flood risk in parts of the UK. The aim is to understand and reduce residual flood risk through a combination of measures. In the case of the […]
US Incentive Programme – $30 to every household to save at least 10% water 2016 vs 2015 Connecticut Water’s innovative Water Drop Challenge (WDC) has resulted in a saving of nearly 9 million gallons of water (approx. 34 million litres) in the first half of 2016! The WDC is a voluntary water conservation program that […]
Seafish: ‘CLG Brexit Special on Friday 7 October. Seafish organised this Common Language Group (CLG) ‘special’ event to explore the potential issues and opportunities that leaving the EU could have for the seafood sector. Seafish lined up expert speakers from across the seafood supply chain to talk about key areas such as trade, regulation, marine governance, […]
The Angling Trust has published a comprehensive report calling for far greater protection for Britain’s estuaries and for a radical overhaul of the outdated rules governing inshore netting, which is doing huge damage to juvenile fish stocks and endangering the survival of important species such as bass, mullet, salmon and seatrout. The dossier, Inshore Netting […]