23 Feb 2021

Click here to see the Welsh National flood and coastal erosion risk strategy Flood prevention in Wales ‘should be national priority, nowhere near enough money is being invested in flood prevention in Wales’, the leader of Plaid Cymru has said. Homes were evacuated and roads were closed as some areas saw a month’s worth of rain […]

23 Feb 2021

Report on the interactions between beavers and fish published In recent years, beavers have been reintroduced into the UK, mostly in enclosed (fenced) environments. Several ‘wild’ populations have also established, including one on the River Otter in Devon, which is being used as a trial to assess the likely impacts – positive and negative – […]

23 Feb 2021

Guardian: Queen’s property manager banks huge windfarm bonanza The Treasury are in line for a multibillion-pound bonanza from renewable energy, after a major auction of seabed plots for windfarms off the coasts of England and Wales attracted runaway bids. The Crown Estate, which manages the monarch’s property portfolio, holds exclusive rights to lease the seabed […]

23 Feb 2021

Politico ‘Tough new British rules against damaging fishing practices are putting pressure on the EU British Brexit backers have long argued quitting the EU could make the U.K. greener — now there’s some evidence to back that up. It comes from a British move to strengthen environmental rules at sea, something that could force the EU to […]