Guardian ‘A year after severe floods in wake of Storm Desmond, John Krebs says ministers still have no coherent long-term plan to deal with it. UK poorly prepared for climate change impacts John Krebs warns Government. Major flooding in the UK is now likely to happen every year but ministers still have no coherent long-term […]
These fines are piling up given recent changes in the scale of fines allowed, highlighting failures in investment and systems. The Environment Agency think this trend will decline up to 2020. Southern Water fined record £2m for sewage leak on Kent beaches Thanet council forced to close beaches for nine days due to ‘catastrophic’ leakage […]
SuDS Survey results and what it reveals Following an overwhelming response from industry professionals, we can publish the results of our SuDS: The State of the Nation 2016 survey. They send some strong New Year messages about Sustainable Drainage Systems as the Government prepares for a 2017 review. Our national survey found that the lack of a framework […]
Waterwise and Ideal Standard have launched an annual water efficiency tracker survey, the aim of which was to collect data on the water efficiency behaviours in the home annually. The data from the second tracker survey which has a nationally representative sample of over 2000 respondents from across the UK, has been summarised in a […]
Environment Agency: A new DNA method that could revolutionise the way fish are monitored in lakes has been shown to detect 14 of 16 key fish species known to be present in Lake Windermere, compared to just four species found by conventional surveys. Fish are sensitive indicators of water quality and their assessment is an […]
Defra has launched a consultation including marine stakeholders for the EU Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (2014/52/EU) into national legislation. This joint technical consultation makes changes to Defra’s EIA Regulations on Forestry, Agriculture, Water Resources, Land Drainage and Marine Works. As a marine stakeholder you may have an interest in the Marine Works (EIA) Regulations […]
Unsurprisingly given Brexit Government pitched their announcement in terms of the quota increases for some stocks, whilst MMO have released advice for bass Bass fishing – catch limits,closures and minimum size. No doubt there will further commentary on what these decisions mean for stocks. Defra December 14 Quota Outcomes ‘Today the UK government achieved agreements […]
House of Lords EU Energy & Environment Sub-committee Fisheries and Brexit – Report published Report: Brexit: fisheries (HTML) Report: Brexit: fisheries (PDF) The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published its report highlighting some of the opportunities and challenges related to managing shared fish stocks following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In […]