26 Aug 2020
First round of its innovation fund launching in January Ofwat has established a £200 million innovation fund to encourage innovations that will transform water and wastewater services in England and Wales. From 2021 we will be running at least two competitions that water companies and others can enter with their innovations. A £2 million ‘Innovation […]
26 Aug 2020
Anglers welcome record production of fish by the Agency Coverage of the Environment Agency’s restocking programme which saw a record-breaking weight of fish restocked has featured across national and regional media. The work of the Environment Agency’s National Fish Farm was covered by outlets including BBC Online, the Telegraph and the Yorkshire Post. The Environment Agency’s National Fish Farm near […]
25 Aug 2020
The Environment Bill allows for long-term targets to be set in respect of any matter which relates to the natural environment, or people’s enjoyment of it. It requires government to set at least one target in four priority areas: air quality, biodiversity, water, and resource efficiency and waste reduction, as well as a target for […]
25 Aug 2020
Describing itself as the “sea-faring sister of Extinction Rebellion”, Ocean Rebellion said it aimed to push the UN to take firmer action against the drivers of “marine emergencies” including over-fishing, deep-sea mining and greenhouse gas emissions. In the immediate term, the new Oceans Rebellion offshoot group plans to target the cruise industry, arguing that “the climate […]
25 Aug 2020
Wales’ first floating wind project took a major step forward this week, after the Crown Estate awarded seabed rights to developers to build the 96MW demonstration project in the Celtic Sea. The Crown Estate granted two new leases for windfarms in Welsh waters a demonstration project that involves installing floating wind turbines 27 miles from […]
25 Aug 2020
A report by Cefas on the future development and management of recreational sea angling using data from interviews and online surveys. Sea anglers were motivated by both catching fish and the quality of the environment in which they fish. Over two-thirds of respondents said that they were willing to provide catch and participation data in […]
25 Aug 2020
The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows. The climate crisis is heating the Arctic at double the rate in lower latitudes, and the ice cap is the biggest single contributor to sea level rise, which already imperils […]
25 Aug 2020
Thirty years since the idea was first considered and seven years since the Eastbourne Fishermen formed a Community Interest Company, construction has begun on the quay project The idea of the Fishing Quay project was to enable fishers to own or lease their own quay in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, to give them long-term security and […]
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