06 Apr 2021
The Rivers Trusts ‘Data released today by the Environment Agency (EA) shows that storm overflows (SOs) discharged untreated sewage and storm water more than 400,000 times, and for more than 3 million hours during 2020 in England. This is a shocking volume of untreated contaminated wastewater reaching our rivers and shows that our current approach […]
06 Apr 2021
Met Office 11th March Record-breaking rainfall like that seen on 3 October 2020 could be 10 times more likely by 2100. A new study by scientists in the Met Office Hadley Centre has found that days with extreme rainfall accumulations will become more frequent through the century. The research used the record rainfall observed on 3 […]
06 Apr 2021
CCW’s Strategy for 2021-24 ‘We’ve published our Strategy for 2021-24, which sets out CCW’s mission, strategic objectives and campaigns for the next three years. We want to continue to improve and strengthen our organisation so that we’re best placed to secure a fair deal for water consumers, now and in the future. We’ve refocused our strategy […]
06 Apr 2021
06 Apr 2021
Greener UK ‘Earlier this month, the government launched a consultation on its draft policy statement on five environmental principles intended to place environmental considerations at the heart of policy making. While we welcome this intent, there are concerns that the statement, as drafted, will limit rather than enhance environmental ambitions. It contains multiple qualifications on […]
06 Apr 2021
The environment secretary, George Eustice is facing a threat of legal action from shellfish farmers over claims that the government has misled the industry over its post-Brexit arrangements with the EU. Live mussels, cockles, oysters and other shellfish caught in most of the UK’s waters are no longer allowed to enter the EU following Britain […]
06 Apr 2021
Of the 15 National Parks in Britain today, only a few include the coast and none include the sea. Over the past few decades, scientists have understood much more about the value of the ocean and the importance of the marine environment to the health of the planet. Britain has designated fragile places with an […]
06 Apr 2021
Animals and Wildlife (Scotland) Act, included a ban on licensed shooting of seals to protect farmed salmon within aquaculture facilities. Also included within the Act (Section 15) was a requirement on the Scottish Parliament to report on the aquaculture sectors use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs). ADDs emit sound with the intention of scaring away […]
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