03 Jun 2021
Rewilding Manisfesto The breakdown of our climate and the species extinction crisis are no longer fringe concerns but are increasingly recognised as urgent existential threats to both nature and human society. Yet the gulf between our awareness of that threat and the inadequacy of our current response is terrifying. Now, more than ever, we must […]
25 May 2021
Damning articles, though the main source of microplastics is from manufacturing (spills), tyres, road markings and from washing of clothes made from synthetic materials. From the BBC, Wastewater is ‘polluting rivers with microplastic’ Untreated wastewater “routinely released into UK rivers” is creating microplastic hotspots on riverbeds. That is the conclusion of a study in Greater […]
25 May 2021
From Utility Week Kwarteng gives update on prime minister’s 10-point plan Ed Miliband has branded the Green Homes Grant “the policy that dared not speak its name” after the cancelled housing decarbonisation scheme was ignored in today’s government progress report on the prime minister’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution. The shadow business and […]
25 May 2021
A suite of new reports providing further support for natural solutions. First up, a British Ecological Society report, Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK. The report provides examples of opportunities for nature-based solutions across a range of habitats, as well as discussion of some of the complexities involved in planning for nature-based solutions. […]
25 May 2021
From Utility Week Carbon offsetting has come under criticism as being a bit of a cop out on the journey to net zero but for essential process emissions, a need to offset remains. Peter Simpson talked to Utility Week Live about the benefits of localised offsetting and why Anglian was not taking the easiest option. […]
25 May 2021
The Chalk Stream Restoration Group has been working on a draft Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy, which is now available here for wider consultation. The Rivers Trust would welcome your comments on this draft strategy which they hope to be able to finalise in the summer. To comment on the draft, please complete the survey below. Please […]
25 May 2021
From Water Briefing The Environment Agency (EA) has pledged to default to low-carbon concrete when constructing flood defences and other critical infrastructure projects, provided they meet performance requirements, as it sets out its roadmap to hit net zero as an organisation by 2030. More than half of the EA’s carbon emissions currently come from the […]
25 May 2021
Last week, The Rivers Trust launched Water for Tomorrow, a new €4m cross-border project that will help to improve how local areas mitigate and adapt to the threats of increased future water scarcity and drought in England and France. Water for Tomorrow is an EU Interreg France (Channel) England project which will develop and test innovative water management tools […]
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