BBC Climate change: Global sea level rise could be bigger than expected Scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to accelerating melting in Greenland and Antarctica. The long-held view has been that the world’s seas would rise by a maximum of just under a metre by 2100.’ This new study […]
Is oil and gas exploration moving into ‘inshore’ waters? Is this a developing trend? Close on the heels of the Poole Bay drilling work now this proposal for Cardigan Bay. BBC: ‘Cardigan Bay oil and gas survey ‘threatens wildlife’ ‘An international energy company wants to search for oil and gas in a special area of […]
22 May 2019 Watch the Video The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from the bodies responsible for enforcing fisheries legislation in England and Scotland. Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (HTML) Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (PDF) ( PDF 618 KB) Parliament TV: Implementation […]
The Angling Trust: The Channel Island of Sark has become the first place in the UK to ban the controversial wrasse fishery supplying live wrasse to the Scottish salmon farming industry where they are used as cleaner fish removing sea lice from farmed salmon. The Angling Trust has been calling for a UK-wide ban on […]
Defra ‘Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today confirmed a ban on plastic straws, drinks stirrers, and plastic stemmed cotton buds in England, following overwhelming public support for the move. Following an open consultation, a ban on the supply of plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds will come into force in April 2020. The ban […]
Guardian ‘Floods in 2009 and 2015 were worst in Cumbria for centuries – study’ Analysis in north-west England linked to evidence of UK’s vulnerability to climate crisis The floods of 2009 and 2015 in north-west England were the worst for more than 550 years, according to groundbreaking analysis of lake sediment in the region. Residents have long suspected that […]
NCC ‘This paper sets out the NCC’s advice to government on net environmental gain. It considers recent commitments to mandate net biodiversity gain and the broad goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan. In its 2017 advice to government on the 25 Year Environment Plan (25 YEP), the NCC proposed that the concept of natural […]
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) review of current planning policy for sustainable drainage (SuDS) in England has recently been published – but we question whether this exercise could have had more to do with validating the Government’s current policy approach, rather than an accurate and critical review of the application and […]