08 Aug 2019
Emma Howard Boyd replies to the Times article on the state of England’s Rivers
Your editorial (“Filthy Business”, 3 August) and coverage of the state of England’s rivers is wrong on most counts except one. Let me give you the facts. Water quality in our rivers is now better than at any time since the start of the Industrial Revolution. All over the country, salmon and otter have returned […]
08 Aug 2019
Whaley Bridge dam: residents can return home after the reservoir is pumped out
Whaley bridge dam incident – Guardian description – major failures of the cladding infrastructure The need to look at dam safety again. Guardian BBC: 7/9/19 ‘Hundreds of Whaley Bridge residents have been told they can return home, nearly a week after fears over a damaged dam saw them evacuated. About 1,500 residents were removed from their homes […]
08 Aug 2019
Extreme rainfall event strikes North Yorkshire devastating local infrastructure
Extreme rainfall (82 mm in 24 hours 30th July) in the Yorkshire Dales lead to major damage to rural infrastructure John Curtin ‘Incredible hydrograph for Swale at Grinton Bridge – 2.5m rise in just a few minutes (note this is raw data).’ pic.twitter.com/UlTj4BTyIx A month’s rainfall in a few hours – how often have we […]
08 Aug 2019
Met office Annual State of the Climate report for 2018
Met office climate report 2018 The Met Office have published their annual State of the UK Climate report for 2018. Some of its key findings are: Nine of the 10 warmest years for the UK have occurred since 2002 and all the top 10 warmest years have occurred since 1990. The most recent decade (2008–2017) […]
08 Aug 2019
Theresa Villiers first speech – Business as usual with the Gove Defra agenda
Defra: Theresa Villiers: ‘The Environment Secretary’s speech at Countryfile Live which took place at Blenheim Palace on Thursday 1 August 2019. ‘It is just over a week since the Prime Minister asked me to take on the role of Secretary of State at Defra. And I am delighted to be making my first speech here […]
06 Aug 2019
Dynamic Dunescapes Project gets £4m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
Dynamic Dunescapes is a fantastic new project to restore sand dunes across England and Wales for the benefit of people, communities and wildlife. Picnics in a sheltered hollow, hide and seek… sand dunes are a familiar and natural playground. Less well known is their role as a sanctuary for endangered plants and animals like the […]
06 Aug 2019
The plastic bag tax works! Now for all the rest of the single use plastics
Bob Earll ‘The Government have been quick to remind us (again) with a great fanfare that the plastic bag tax works. All it does is remind me how little progress they have made with all the other obvious single use plastics which seemed to be stuck in an endless round of announcements and consultations. The […]
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