07 Nov 2017
United Utilities has become the first water company to introduce a charging scheme for developers to encourage them not to connect new developments to the public sewer network. The company has told developers that from next April, development sites that do not connect surface water flows to the public sewer network will receive a discount […]
03 Nov 2017
Survey of the current opportunities to improve management of the UK’s marine environment You are invited to participate in a short online survey which is seeking to gather information on what the marine community perceives to be the current opportunities to improve management of the UK’s marine environment. The survey should take only 5 – […]
03 Nov 2017
Welsh Government has announced a further £1.2 million in funding to accelerate marine energy development in Wales. The investment is to develop a Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in the Milford Haven Waterway. The funding will support the work of Marine Energy Wales in developing a network of pre-consented areas of seabed that will […]
03 Nov 2017
Cod, herring and haddock may vanish from Scotland’s west coast waters by the turn of the century because of global warming. Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), near Oban, have predicted that by 2100 commercially important species could migrate out from this ecosystem, most likely to colder waters further north, in response […]
03 Nov 2017
In November 2016 we hosted a national conference that considered the beneficial use of dredged sediment for habitat restoration or creation. At that event it was highlighted that one of the several barriers to implementing such ‘recharge’ schemes is that they often incur extra costs when compared with standard practices for dredge material disposal. Furthermore, […]
03 Nov 2017
The Blue Belt programme supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection for the marine environment. The Blue Belt programme supports delivery of the UK government’s manifesto commitment to provide long term protection of over four million square kilometres of marine environment across the UK Overseas Territories. It provides £20 million of […]
03 Nov 2017
In 2000 Allan Williams, David Tudor and I did some research on a monitoring regime for marine litter for the MCA. Our worst grade in some harbours and in the Clyde was where the density of litter and other waste was a direct health risk and beyond counting, huge concentrations. Public health and treatment just […]
02 Nov 2017
Minister Michael Gove questioned on a wide range of issues – Analysis to come The Environmental Audit Committee hears from the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The session is likely to be wide-ranging, focusing particularly on environmental policy areas covered by the Committee in the […]
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