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07 Jul 2019

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IUCN Briefing on Deep Sea Mining https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/deep-sea-mining The National Oceanography Centre has produced a report outlining the impacts of deep sea mining Eco-Magazine    ‘A new study shows that the impacts of seabed mining on deep-sea ecosystems can persist for decades. Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) revisited a site exposed to simulated deep-sea mining […]

07 Jul 2019

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A newly completed 40-y record of satellite observations is used to quantify changes in Antarctic sea ice coverage since the late 1970s. Sea ice spreads over vast areas and has major impacts on the rest of the climate system, reflecting solar radiation and restricting ocean/atmosphere exchanges. The satellite record reveals that a gradual, decades-long overall […]

07 Jul 2019

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Alternative use of dredge material in the north east, north west, south east and south west marine plan areas (MMO1190) A project to map opportunities for the alterative use of dredge material in NE, NW, SE, SW Marine Plan areas. Report- Dredging Alternative Use Sediment The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently developing the north […]

07 Jul 2019

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How do you combat the trade the destructive practice of taking shark fins – not least when fishermen flagrantly ignore controls?  – Irish shark fin fines   Management v outright ban? This is what it looks like. Canada becomes first G7 country to ban shark fin imports  Guardian ‘It was on a family visit to Hong Kong that […]

04 Jul 2019

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Southern Water – Strong Stuff from Rachel Fletcher ……… 28 June 2019 To Water Companies ‘Dear Chief Executive, This has been a dark week for the water industry. The publication of our findings against Southern Water for sewage treatment failures, and the deliberate misreporting of its poor performance from 2010 to 2017, rightly met with […]

04 Jul 2019

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‘Water UK has sent a submission to the Labour Party on their ‘Democratic Public Ownership’ consultation.  The submission also examines the Labour Party’s ‘Clear Water’ proposals for nationalising the water and sewerage industry in England. Our view is that, if implemented, the proposals could seriously damage the provision and quality of water and sewerage services […]

04 Jul 2019

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Northumbrian Water has agreed to pay £1,179,500 after having been found by the Environment Agency to have committed several environmental offences. Published 26 June 2019   Environment Agency Northumbrian Water has agreed to pay an Enforcement Undertaking totalling £1,179,500 Five separate Enforcement Undertakings (EU) have been agreed with Northumbrian Water after the company accepted responsibility for […]

04 Jul 2019

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Bob Earll      Each week in preparing Water News I scan the Defra website. This week this site is awash with individual regional calls for projects under two themes: Call for project’s promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management’ Call for project’s focusing on preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency’ This is […]