30 Sep 2018

Heathrow takes vital step towards carbon neutrality Heathrow Media Centre – Heathrow takes vital step towards carbon neutrality Lancashire nature reserve is first peatland restoration chosen by Heathrow as carbon offsetting project Heathrow plans for the airport to be carbon neutral by 2020, and eventually for its infrastructure to be zero carbon by 2050 Heathrow […]

30 Sep 2018

Evaluation of the economic, health and social impacts of improvements in coastal access delivered by the England Coast Path programme (NECR253) Here are two volumes to this series of reports.  Volume 1 – This is the baseline assessment report. The ECP is not yet completed, so this assessment presents a description of the users and benefits of English […]

30 Sep 2018

I think I missed this last year but Lora Fleming one of the authors has made me aware of this really valuable overview report. ‘Approximately 17 percent of the UK population live in coastal communities; some are prosperous and commercially successful, others experiencing socio-economic decline. Regardless, evidence suggests growing risks for the health and wellbeing […]

30 Sep 2018

Defra Survey: 25-year Environment Plan Local Delivery Defra 25 year plan local partnership survey Defra have released a survey to understand how local partnerships currently work to protect and enhance the environment to contribute to social and economic as well as environmental objectives and the factors that affect their success. The survey is aimed at people […]

30 Sep 2018

Marine pollution hasn’t gone away. There was a high level of media coverage calling for much more action to help remove PCBs from the environment. Benny the Beluga has been a pleasant distraction from the grim reality of our politics but he as affected by PCBs as other species higher in the food chain. PCB—still […]

30 Sep 2018

How do you protect the Marine Environment?   Twenty Pioneers tell their stories Marine Conservation: People, Ideas and Action – New Publication – Bob Earll Save 30% on Marine Conservation: People, Ideas and Action by Bob Earll at Pelagic Publishing with offer code: MCPRE30 until 31 October 2018. The way we protect, manage and undertake conservation in the […]

27 Sep 2018

‘Clear Water Labour’s Vision for a Modern and Transparent Publicly-Owned Water System Our utilities have been sold off and run for private profit, not public good, meaning we’re paying rip-off prices for worse services. Water bills increased 40% in the 25 years after privatisation. Over the last ten years, the English water companies have paid […]