Question marks have been growing about the Swansea tidal lagoon project since the summer. DECC announced that it was conducting a further value for money study. Conspicuously, even though there is considerable Chinese backing for the Swansea lagoon project there was no obvious mention of it during the state visit by China’s leader Xi Jinping […]

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Bathing waters, Defra 26 January 2016, see all updates Part of: Water, Environmental management and Marine Information about bathing waters for bathers and local authorities. Contents Information for bathers 2015 UK bathing water monitoring results Designations and de-designations of bathing waters Information for local authorities Annual reports for UK bathing water monitoring results before 2015 […]

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Marine Protected Areas welcomed by coastal communities, progressive fishermen and eNGOs COAST: Representatives from coastal communities, scallop divers, sea anglers and  conservation organisations showed their passion and support for MPAs at Holyrood last month, coinciding with a Rural Affairs Committee debate on the future of MPAs. To the delight of thousands of MPA supporters on Arran […]

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Storm Imogen certainly produced some shocking images; Getty images Images from Gwennap Head & Porthleven – need to be careful even on the cliff tops Human Interest Daily Mail – Some people and storms just don’t get it – get injured and puts other’s lives at risk

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This session is revealing, George Monbiot advocate of upstream thinking and effective catchment management dissects the conflicting points in current Government pronouncements. Sir James Bevan & John Curtin describing the realities from an Agency perspective. With Storm Imogen’s impacts still being felt this has been a remarkable series of major storm and flood events. Everyone […]

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The winter droughts preceding the London Olympics of 2012 caused considerable concern. Lessons from around the world including this highly informative site on the California drought highlight the difficulty in managing water resources once the full scale of the drought has hit. Strategic Infrastructure and Water Resilience The Environment Agency has released a Strategic Infrastructure […]

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