05 Mar 2020
Our Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM) will be the cornerstone of our new agricultural policy. It will transform how we support the agricultural sector by rewarding farmers, foresters and other land managers with public money for public goods. We are using this document to step up engagement with all of our stakeholders, including the farmers, […]
05 Mar 2020
The Guardian describes the background to this crazy policy block on onshore wind which has had huge consequences for other parts of the renewables sector. This could have a huge impact on the water industry which has a huge energy bill but the capacity, expertise and land to do far more – for example Severn […]
05 Mar 2020
Environment Agency ‘Rod licence sales generate more than £21 million to improve fisheries and support anglers. Vital revenue funds fisheries improvement projects, facilities for anglers and work to tackle illegal fishing. Over 500,000 fish, including species such as barbel, roach and chub, were released into England’s rivers by the Environment Agency last year as part of a […]
27 Feb 2020
One of the Environment Agency’s primary duties is to reduce and manage flood risk in England. We do that principally by building and maintaining flood defences, warning and informing people when flooding threatens, and deploying our teams on the ground to protect communities against flooding and help them recover when it happens. So there are […]
25 Feb 2020
‘Austerity continues with Local Authorities, Blue Light and EA facing another round of 5% cuts to their budgets. Whilst they rightly receive high praise for all their efforts which are well above and beyond the call of duty in these emergencies this is not recognised by central Government whose policies continue to undermine the efforts […]
25 Feb 2020
Storms Ciara and Dennis have prompted a torrent of commentary going way beyond the standard mantra of Government on cost beneficial investment. The themes from the last two weeks are merged here illustrating that the issues go well beyond discussions of investment in big flood schemes. It is about time the Government recognised and lead […]
25 Feb 2020
Yorkshire Post: ‘Victory for Ilkley campaigners as Yorkshire Water agree to stop dumping sewage in the River Wharfe A group of Ilkley residents concerned about local water pollution have won a battle to get the River Wharfe cleaned up. Around 70 members of the Ilkley Clean Rivers Group met with representatives of the Environment Agency […]
25 Feb 2020
BBC News Human life “as we know it” could be threatened by climate change, economists at JP Morgan have warned. In a hard-hitting report to clients, the economists said that without action being taken there could be “catastrophic outcomes”. The bank said the research came from a team that was “wholly independent from the company […]
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