18 Mar 2020
Natural Flood Management – how much can it help nationally? Floods in the winter of 2019-20 sparked a lot of discussion on whether our focus in managing risk should shift from traditional defences to embrace natural flood management – using techniques to improve soil properties, slow the flow of water in catchments, leaky dams etc […]
18 Mar 2020
Toddbrook reservoir report published Read the report . Balmforth doesn’t pull his punches Exec Summary: final para ‘CRT have remained compliant with the legislation for the entire time they have had responsibility for the reservoir. The EA have not had to issue any enforcement notices. However, both CRT and the EA have stated that compliance […]
10 Mar 2020
Multiple links to various sources on this news Guardian: Budget: cash for flood defences to be doubled Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce an increase in spending from £2.6bn to £5.2bn this week Toby Helm The increased spend will be the centrepiece of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first budget. The government is to double spending on flood […]
10 Mar 2020
The EFRA Committee have instigated a review of the recent flood events – click here to read more and submit written evidence Review Terms of reference Are the current national and local governance and co-ordination arrangements for flood and coastal risk management in England effective? What lessons can be learned from the recent floods about the way Government and local authorities respond to flooding […]
10 Mar 2020
Another step towards goal to be a net zero carbon business by 2030 Anglian Water is set to further enhance their renewable energy portfolio this week with start of the latest installation of solar energy at one of their key operational sites based in Huntingdonshire. Grafham Water uses approximately 45 million kilowatt hours of energy […]
10 Mar 2020
As the UK readies for the upcoming COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change urge government to deliver ambitious net zero strategy Some of the UK’s most high-profile businesses, including household names such as Tesco, EDF, Unilever, and Coca-Cola, will today call on the government to “accelerate” efforts to […]
10 Mar 2020
Welsh water ‘We are sending you this email as you or your organisation has previously expressed an interest in Welsh Water’s PestSmart project which encourages people to consider ‘smarter’ ways of weed, pests and disease control that do not impact of people, water or wildlife. In 2019 we ran a free and confidential pesticide disposal […]
10 Mar 2020
BBC: A seafood salesman has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence for smuggling an estimated £53m worth of endangered live eels out of the UK. Gilbert Khoo, 67, transported the eels from London to Hong Kong, hidden underneath chilled fish, between 2015 and 2017, a court heard. He was caught after Border Force officers […]
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