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29 Mar 2018
Plastic bottles: Defra decide on deposit return scheme
Item by item, plastic bags, micro-beads, straws, coffee cups – sigh – slowly step by step Government are acting. This is an important step but there is much more to do and yet another consultation, with no date set, to determine how this will work in practice. Guardian commentary – lots of links – and […]
26 Mar 2018
WHO launches health review after microplastics found in 90% of bottled water
Guardian: Researchers find levels of plastic fibres in popular bottled water brands could be twice as high as those found in tap water The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water after a new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands […]
26 Mar 2018
Extreme weather events increase in Europe: Easac Report
The Easac study, Extreme weather events in Europe: Preparing for climate change adaptation, looked at new data and models focused on a potential slowdown of the Atlantic Gulf Stream, due to an influx of freshwater from melted ice sheets in Greenland. Global floods and extreme rainfall events have surged by more than 50% this decade, and are […]
26 Mar 2018
Nitrate Pollution – George Eustace questioned by Environment Audit Committee
The Environmental Audit Committee continues its inquiry into nitrate. This session the Committee hears from the Minister and the Environment Agency on the government’s commitments and performance on reducing nitrate pollution and on its plans for the enforcement regime post EU-exit including how cross-border pollution will be handled. Watch Parliament TV: Nitrate Inquiry: Nitrate Witnesses Wednesday […]
26 Mar 2018
Building partnerships for flooding projects to produce multiple benefits – Paul Wyse
Posted by: Paul Wyse, Posted on:15 March 2018 – Environment Agency The Environment Agency – like so many other organisations – would not be able to do its job properly without effective partnership working. Just like in our home life, partners are really important in our work life too – we have a wide range of partners – […]
26 Mar 2018
Using Natural Infrastructure Schemes to support sustainable agriculture
This report, produced with the National Trust, develops the Natural Infrastructure Scheme (NIS) concept, which we first proposed in 2016. The NIS mechanism creates a market for environmental improvements which funds sustainable practices. In the case studied in this report, we look at the potential to use the scheme to improve soil and water quality in the Anglian river basin. […]
26 Mar 2018
Druridge Bay – Government refuses permission for large coastal open cast coal mine
Community action pays off. Druridge Bay: Sajid Javid refuses coal mine planning permission citing climate concerns James Murray – BusinessGreen ‘Decision letter confirms that Secretary of State gave “very considerable weight” to greenhouse gas emissions that would result from controversial coal mine The government has today refused planning permission for the proposed open cast coal […]
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