14 Dec 2021
Severn Trent Water fined £1.5 million for sewage discharges Environment Agency successfully prosecutes Severn Trent Water for sewage discharges. Severn Trent Water fined £1.5 million for illegal sewage discharges Approx 360,000 litres of sewage discharged into one brook Severn Trent Water Limited has been fined £1.5 million for sewage discharges from 4 sewage treatment works […]
14 Dec 2021
Urgent call to put water efficiency at centre of climate crisis action An urgent call to action has been raised to get the country back on track reducing demand for water across England, not only to tackle the growing national water deficit (around four billion litres of water a day by 2050), but also to support […]
14 Dec 2021
The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Good Practice Guide has been published: Strategic flood risk assessment good practice guide | ADEPT (adeptnet.org.uk) The research reports, used to create the guide, were published on 25th November and can be accessed here: Using flood risk information in spatial planning – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Strategic flood risk assessment good […]
14 Dec 2021
12 ways to ensure your Christmas won’t cost the earth! Environment Agency – 12 tips ‘As you start to plan your festivities and you purchase your Christmas food and gifts. There are some simple steps we can take to make Christmas more sustainable At this time of year, we generate more waste than any other […]
12 Dec 2021
Coastal Organisms Thrive on Floating Plastic Debris in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution. A new commentary published Dec. 2 in Nature Communications reports coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, more commonly […]
12 Dec 2021
BBC ‘Norfolk Boreas: Consent given for wind farm to power millions of homes Plans for an offshore wind farm that would power millions of homes have been granted development consent by the government. Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm would cover 725 sq km (289 sq miles) and be about 72km (45 miles) from the shore. […]
12 Dec 2021
Defra ‘UK agrees 2022 fishing catch limits with EU and Norway All Parties agree to set catch levels in line with, or lower than, those advised by ICES in bid to champion sustainability and help protect fish stocks. The UK has today (10 December 2021) reached agreement with Norway and the European Union on catch […]
12 Dec 2021
Super trawlers are proving to be a rather elusive management issue. There are no lack of concerns about their impact as the latest campaign from the world cetacean alliance highlights concerns over the dolphin bycatch. These two recent Parliamentary Questions and answers don’t really get to the heart of the matter. APPG & Hansard 1.Virginia […]
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