Reported in edie The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has sent a letter to Environment Secretary Therese Coffey, calling for the immediate publication of new long-term targets for air quality, water, biodiversity under the Environment Bill and for clarity on key resource and waste strategies. Read more It follows a recent Defra announcement that the government […]
A welcome report from the EAC, including this recommendation: “We recommend that the Government introduce, not later than December 2023, regulations to mandate whole-life carbon assessments for buildings above a gross internal area of 1000m2, or which create more than 10 dwellings. This requirement should be established in Building Regulations, and ought to be reflected […]
Last week’s report from the Environmental Audit Committee was picked up by numerous sources, including the BBC and the Guardian. BBC leads on ‘’Chemical cocktail’ polluting English rivers’ Read more The Guardian Water companies in England should each designate a stretch of river as bathing water by 2025 to drive the clean-up of a chemical cocktail of […]
From the Guardian The head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to reinstate a £120m grant to help increase surveillance of water companies and cut pollution in rivers. Sir James Bevan, the chief executive of the agency, told MPs that water companies and the farming industry, the two main polluters of rivers, were not […]
From the Call for Evidence The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is launching an inquiry into water quality in rivers. The EAC has previously inquired into nitrate pollution so this inquiry intends to focus on the water industry and urban diffuse pollution. Water quality has implications across the whole ecological system, from plant life to fish stocks to […]
A great article looks at the LINK BETWEEN FLOODING & POOR MENTAL HEALTH People whose homes are damaged by extreme weather events like flooding are far more likely to suffer mental health problems, new research has found. The study, led by the University of York and the National Centre for Social Research, found that experiencing weather damage to […]
The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry that will consider the nature, scale and impacts of nitrate pollution on the environment and human life, and review the Government’s approach to the regulation of the chemicals concerned and its approach to reducing them. Nitrates are damaging to the environment as, once they are released […]
EAC Jan 4th ‘MPs are warning the Government that environmental protections must not be weakened during the process of leaving the EU or afterwards. The Environmental Audit Committee is calling on the Government to introduce a new Environmental Protection Act during Article 50 negotiations to maintain the UK’s strong environmental standards. Read the report summary […]