02 May 2023
A global alliance of scientists and explorers has begun a race against time to find at least 100,000 new marine species in the next decade before overfishing and global warming drive entire populations to extinction. The initiative, called Ocean Census, is spearheaded by The Nippon Foundation and UK marine research institute, Nekton, Euronews has reported. […]
02 May 2023
Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve – will be declared by Natural England this summer. The government agency will create a King’s Series of National Nature Reserves to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. The plans will see the creation of five major National Nature Reserves named every year for the next five […]
26 Apr 2023
The government has published new guidance on calculating the impact of flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes on the natural and historic environment. There is also a tool to calculate a monetary value of the impact. EHOV (Environment and Historic Environment Outcome Valuation) is an update to the 2010 Economic Valuation of Environmental Effects […]
26 Apr 2023
The Copernicus Climate Change Service has released its annual European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report, detailing the significant climate events of 2022 in Europe and across the globe. These data-driven insights show rising temperatures and intensifying extreme events, and give an overview of 2022’s climate in a long-term context. Separately, the World Meteorological Organization […]
26 Apr 2023
The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a new report ‘Regulating to achieve environmental outcomes’, in which it scrutinises whether Defra is using regulation effectively in pursuit of its environmental agenda. It found green improvements, including those relating to water, are being put at risk by shortcomings in Defra’s oversight of regulation. According to the report, […]
26 Apr 2023
South West Water has announced that its ongoing hosepipe ban now includes Cornwall and parts of Devon, and that restrictions could last until December. The company says that “our water resources across the region remain under pressure and as we go into the summer period we have taken the necessary action to safeguard supplies and […]
26 Apr 2023
Interesting feature on locals’ views around plans by Thames Water for a new reservoir in Oxfordshire, in the Guardian It will be like a giant flan case full of water dumped on a marsh, says Julie Mabberley. She is discussing the plan to put a 150bn-litre reservoir, spanning almost two miles across, to the south-west […]
26 Apr 2023
New report from ClientEarth and European Environmental Bureau Also see the press release Exactly a year ago, the European Commission announced it would rapidly ban thousands of the most notorious chemicals still found in consumer products and contributing to growing human infertility, serious illnesses and environmental harms. Media coverage was extensive. It published a roadmap promising bans of the most […]
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