Mystery of birds’ movements at sea solved Gareth Brede, Senior Media Officer E-mail: gareth.brede@rspb.org.uk New research reveals unprecedented insights into where British and Irish breeding seabirds go when they’re not on land, providing critical information to inform future management of UK seas post-Brexit The five year project GPS-tracked over 1300 breeding seabirds of four species from […]
Future of the sea: industry perspectives on emerging technology This document summarises findings from interviews with 11 leading companies who are each exploring an emerging theme or trend that will shape the future relationship between the nation and the sea. It then presents an analysis of the specific opportunities and challenges for the UK, based […]
Environment Agency Last updated: 29 June 2017, see all updates How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All. Contents Carry out your WFD assessment in stages Screening: exclude activities from scoping Scoping: identify risks to receptors […]
Funding of £4.3m is to be shared between projects aimed at regenerating Scottish coastal communities. The money from the Coastal Communities Fund will go towards 18 schemes designed to boost tourism, create jobs and grow the economy. Among the grants is: £300,000 towards 64 miles of coastal paths at the Rhins of Galloway in south […]
The Government have published the Brexit Repeal Bill but critics still still point to the lack of critical details. Interestingly Michael Gove has been having a round of meetings with marine and environmental folk and spoke to a recent meeting of the Green Alliance where some notable constructive statements were made. Commentary below: European Union […]
Welsh joins the trend to commit to 100% renewable energy (continue) 100 multinationals commit to 100 per cent renewable power BusinessGreen RE100 initiative celebrates milestone with confirmation that Blue Chip firms are on track to create demand for renewable power equivalent to the total electricity demand of Poland. The RE100 initiative has confirmed that over […]
Ofwat and commentators are suggesting that this will be an especially tough periodic review process, with less ‘easy money’ to be made. The Ofwat methodology sets out: our expectations and requirements for companies preparing their business plans to meet the needs of their customers from 2020 to 2025 and beyond; how these expectations form the […]
Shades of Orwellian double-speak and an interesting contradiction. How can ‘good progress’ be equated with the first rise in incidents since 2012 – to 1902 incidents – (an increase of 160 pollution incidents) from the nine major water companies? The EA’s report found the majority of the UK’s water companies achieved close to or exceeded […]