Marine Plan Users Guide Marine plans are to be applied to decision making concerning activities and developments taking place in or affecting a marine area – both inshore and offshore (from 0 to 200nm) and up to the mean high water spring mark or the tidal extent of an estuary. This guide details who should […]
The owner/skipper of a fishing vessel, who pleaded guilty to not showing navigation lights, employing crew who’d not completed safety training and to using it while it was unregistered, has been sent to prison. At a hearing (10th November) at Southampton Crown Court, the owner/skipper Michael Roy Stimson received a custodial sentence totalling four months. He […]
Stop commercial whaling! Petition to David Cameron MCS ‘The global ban against commercial whaling is under attack. For the last 30 years, the whaling ban has said whales should be protected from hunters. But Japan, Norway and Iceland’s governments are still killing whales for profit, and now the ban itself is under huge pressure. This […]
Last week shortly after the news of the leaked letter emerged Amber Rudd had to face the Energy and Climate Change Committee – she comes out fighting watch the video: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/energy-and-climate-change-committee/news-parliament-2015/decc-annual-report-accounts-evidence-15-16/ James Murray of Business Green – explains the background and significance of the debate http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/james-blog/2434365/the-real-scandal-of-the-uks-faltering-renewables-target Leaked letter: Rudd admits 25% green energy undershoot, misled […]
Defra ‘Bathing water in the UK is improving. A total of 97% of England’s bathing waters passed the minimum tougher standard this year. In total, 63.6% of bathing waters meet the new Excellent standard. Our nation’s bathing waters have continually improved since 1990 when just 27% met strict water quality standards. As our bathing water […]
London is at increasing risk of flooding from its sewers during heavy rainfall. Growing challenges, more people, more buildings and more rain – will mean that out sewers and drains will become increasingly overloaded. Starting now, London needs to deliver lots of new sustainable drainage measures to support its struggling sewers. The Mayor in partnership […]
Defra ‘New figures show the benefits of the new state-of-the-art tunnel The new state-of-the-art Thames Tideway Tunnel is set to bring environmental benefits worth up to almost £13bn, the Environment Minister Rory Stewart has announced. New figures show the benefits of the tunnel, which include preventing millions of tonnes of sewage flowing into the river […]
State of the Nation Scotland: Infrastructure 2015, focuses on the performance, resilience, capacity and condition of Scotland’s infrastructure networks. It also analyses the economic, social and environmental benefits of infrastructure. Through the report ICE Scotland seeks to improve the planning, delivery, operation and regulation of Scotland’s infrastructure. Scotland’s approach to delivering and maintaining infrastructure requires […]