21 Aug 2018
Interesting overview encompassing thinking on sustainability and one planet living. ‘Helping regulated businesses to reduce water use, carbon-based energy use, materials use ..’ ‘At SEPA, we are changing the way we regulate. That’s why we are launching our new Regulatory Strategy. We have chosen the title ‘One Planet Prosperity’ to reflect the challenge all nations face […]
21 Aug 2018
‘It could never happen to me’ – Challenging business misconceptions The Environment Agency working on flood resilience and has launched a campaign to ensure North East businesses are prepared for flooding. Since 1998 there has been at least one serious flood every year with businesses more likely to flood than be destroyed by fire. Recent events […]
21 Aug 2018
The huge scale of the problem – London Assembly & Thames set out challenges (continue) New Report from the Greater London Authority Key facts Thames Water removes 30 tonnes of unflushable material every day from one of its sites. It unclogs five house blockages every hour from London’s sewers, a 30 per cent increase from […]
21 Aug 2018
Reducing Anglian’s energy costs & it is one of the biggest electricity consumers in the Anglian region. This innovation using storage shows how renewables could substantially reduce Company & environmental costs. Anglian Water solar power & storage scheme will up energy generation by 80% & create extra revenue stream Anglian Water is partnering with Open Energi and redT […]
21 Aug 2018
Summary of consultees and government response August 2018 Between 5 and 26 April 2018 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) held an informal consultation on the types and sizes of nationally significant water resources infrastructure in the Planning Act 2008 (‘the Planning Act’). The consultation can be found at: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/water/npsinfrastructure-types-and-sizes.The consultation was […]
21 Aug 2018
Native crayfish make comeback in Lincolnshire and Chinese jellyfish turns up in Cheshire canal (continue) Happy dace for River Tyne fish survey: Work to assess release regime from Kielder reservoir The Environment Agency joined forces with expert anglers for the second year running to carry out an important survey to assess the numbers of dace. […]
20 Aug 2018
Publication of the summary of responses begins to highlight next steps Litter Innovation Fund: further round of funding announced HM Treasury: ‘Individuals, businesses and campaign groups have expressed overwhelming support for action on tackling the impact of plastics on our environment. The backing comes as HM Treasury publishes the summary of responses to its recent call for […]
20 Aug 2018
How best to speak for coastal communities and the environment; the report highlights the next steps and actions needed. The Coastal Partnerships Network (CPN), Coastal Communities Alliance (CCA) and the Local Government Authority Coastal Special Interest Group (LGA Coastal SIG) held the Coastal Challenge Summit with the aim of facilitating cross-sector, multi-regional debate to explore […]
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