Angling Trust: Dredging is not the panacea The Angling Trust is warning politicians not to repeat the mistakes of the past in their rush to make political capital out of the government’s response to the recent floods. Calls are growing to ignore the science and recommence wholesale river dredging as a quick fix. In fact, widespread dredging […]
A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report is warning even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, temperatures are expected to rise by 3.2°C, bringing ever more wide-ranging and destructive climate impacts. On the eve of a year in which nations are due to strengthen their Paris climate pledges, UNEP’s annual Emissions […]
Guardian ‘The European Investment Bank has agreed to phase out its multibillion-euro financing for fossil fuels within the next two years to become the world’s first ‘“climate bank”. The bank will end its financing of oil, gas, and coal projects after 2021, a policy that will make the EU’s lending arm the first multilateral lender […]
Tree planting is catching on. Even the Daily Mail are promoting tree planting! South West Water marks National Tree Week with promise to plant 100,000 trees South West Water has announced plans to plant at least 100,000 trees over the next 10 years. The water company will work with key partners to plant trees on land […]
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The Environment Agency’s water quality monitoring programme has come under fire obtained by Unearthed shows the number of samples as data and sampling points has fallen by nearly 50% since 2013. The steep decline has raised serious concerns over the state of England’s environmental regulation as it prepares for a dramatic change in the legal and regulatory […]
Government co-ordinated coverage of the picture of flooding in England and the response Farming recovery funds from Government for Yorkshire & the Midlands (Nov 13th) Emma Howard Boyd statement on the floods (12/11/2019) Thousands of homes to be built on flood plains Slowing the flow and upland management Flooding chaos in northern England to continue […]
Guardian ‘The Conservative party’s record on tackling the climate crisis has been condemned by leading scientists and former government advisers, as the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, warned that the forthcoming election was the last chance to halt the escalating emergency. Experts accused the Conservatives of copying rightwing politicians in the US by deliberately weakening environmental protections. Meanwhile, analysis […]