ICE ‘As part of our bicentenary celebrations, ICE will host a special lecture on 19 September exploring the past, present and future of water engineering. We cannot live without water; access to it, and its use and disposal have defined civilisation. Globally the combination of increasing urbanisation, population growth and climate change offer new challenges, […]
The Environmental Audit Committee holds its first evidence session in its inquiry into Sustainable Seas. Purpose of the session The Committee will hear from the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisers and leading academics from the sector. The session will explore the findings of the Government Office for Science’s Foresight report on the future of the sea. […]
Paris talks fail to finalise deal to end English Channel scallop wars By: Clare Fischer, Marine Conservation Society Date posted: 8 September 2018 ‘British and French fishermen have failed to finalise a deal to end the scallop wars in the English Channel. Industry leaders were unable to agree a compensation package during negotiations in Paris on Friday, […]
The world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, Walney Extension, will be officially opened at a ceremony in Cumbria today (Thursday 6th September). The 659-megawatt (MW) project, owned by Ørsted (50%) and partners PKA (25%) and PFA (25%), leapfrogs London Array to become the world’s largest operational wind farm. Walney Extension’s 87 turbines are capable of […]
There is a great deal of coverage of the full scale trial of the Boyan Slat boom technology (Ocean Clean Up) and its deployment in the Pacific Garbage patch. One wonders given the high level of fishing net amongst this debris whether a different – hook and catch technology – linked to a Net Works […]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45397674 UN treaty High Seas BBC IPS News Agency – UNITED NATIONS, Sep 7 2018 (IPS) – After several years of preliminary discussions, the United Nations has begun its first round of inter-governmental negotiations to draft the world’s first legally binding treaty to protect and regulate the “high seas”—which, by definition, extend beyond 200 nautical miles […]
R016 – Co-location displacement in the marine area Last updated 6 September 2018 MMO ‘A key issue in all marine plan areas is the optimisation of space through promoting compatibility and encouraging co-existence between different activities. As such co-existence or displacement of activities should be considered within marine planning. An evaluation approach providing integrated consideration […]
Water UK ‘The water industry in England has set out an ambitious new vision for the 2020s with the publication (3 September 2018) of a Manifesto for Water. It reveals plans for a major investment programme in services, a significant cut in leakage, an overall real-term reduction in bills, and a big increase in help […]