02 Feb 2022
In January we covered the ‘ignore reports of low-impact pollution events’ story. ‘Guardian ‘England’s Environment Agency has told its staff to “shut down” and ignore reports of low-impact pollution events because it does not have enough money to investigate them, according to a leaked internal report.’ This story hit a nerve. The Guardian did a further article […]
02 Feb 2022
IEMA Interview: ‘Sir Partha Dasgupta on finding a natural remedy to the destruction of nature. Sir Partha Dasgupta, author of the landmark Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, tells Chris Seekings why a new approach is needed to halt and reverse humanity’s destruction of nature Last year, the Dasgupta Review, a landmark review into […]
02 Feb 2022
The Defra website is jammed with individual organisation Climate Change Adaptation reports. Click here to see these: Adaptation reports to Defra for part of the third round of the adaptation reporting process under the Climate Change 2008 Act. You can read the Ofwat report as well as the individual company reports e.g. South West Water […]
02 Feb 2022
UK partnership launched to tackle agricultural challenges George Eustice launched a new partnership to foster collaborative working on shared agricultural issues. The UK Government has today launched the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP), a new forum which will bring together stakeholders from across the UK to identify and improve collaborative working on shared issues facing the […]
02 Feb 2022
Plastic Free Communities is a Surfers Against Sewage campaign to inspire, unite and empower communities to break free from single-use plastic and eliminate it at source. The campaign centres on a toolkit which focuses on achieving objectives in five areas: Working with the local council Encouraging local businesses to reduce single use plastic Signing up […]
25 Jan 2022
How to regulate better after Brexit: Think differently, speak softly and carry a bigger stick Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan’s speech at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum conference on future environmental standards. From the Guardian Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’ Exclusive: Officers say cuts and […]
25 Jan 2022
From Defra The Water Services Division at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a research report which concludes that the overall picture generated by the research is that it is “both rare and challenging” to achieve a strategic approach to surface water management through the planning system. Introducing the research report, DEFRA said […]
25 Jan 2022
Ofwat has published a summary document setting out the key themes which have emerged from the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) assessment of submissions for strategic regional water resource solutions at standard gate one. The assessment process is overseen by RAPID, with input from the partner regulators – Ofwat, the Environment Agency and the […]
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