03 Dec 2019
From: Chris Williams Senior Programme Manager New Economics Foundation The EU Council is meeting on 16/17th of December to set total allowable catches (TACs) for the North Sea and Northeast Atlantic. There are the final TACs that will be agreed before the EU’s deadline to end overfishing (F<Fmsy) by 2020. We hope the summary of relevant […]
03 Dec 2019
The three mile limit – full proposal, click here This document is an attempt to inform and promote to fishermen and fisheries managers the fact that reinstatement of the three mile limit is not just possible or plausible, but is presently the best chance we have of preserving and allowing some recovery of our inshore fisheries […]
03 Dec 2019
Sperm whale washes up with 100Kg of litter in its stomach The results are in for this year’s Great British Beach Clean Thanks to you, almost 11 tonnes of litter was cleared from the UK’s coastline in just one weekend! MCS ‘Great British Beach Clean’ data over the last 26 years has been instrumental in […]
29 Nov 2019
Emma Howard Boyd on the autumn floods (Nov 15th) ‘This week I’ve been meeting people affected by flooding. On Monday I was in Retford and Worksop and yesterday I visited Fishlake. Flooding is a devastating experience, we need to do everything we can to help people going through it. At St Cuthbert’s Church in Fishlake […]
29 Nov 2019
Angling Trust: Dredging is not the panacea The Angling Trust is warning politicians not to repeat the mistakes of the past in their rush to make political capital out of the government’s response to the recent floods. Calls are growing to ignore the science and recommence wholesale river dredging as a quick fix. In fact, widespread dredging […]
29 Nov 2019
A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report is warning even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, temperatures are expected to rise by 3.2°C, bringing ever more wide-ranging and destructive climate impacts. On the eve of a year in which nations are due to strengthen their Paris climate pledges, UNEP’s annual Emissions […]
29 Nov 2019
Guardian ‘The European Investment Bank has agreed to phase out its multibillion-euro financing for fossil fuels within the next two years to become the world’s first ‘“climate bank”. The bank will end its financing of oil, gas, and coal projects after 2021, a policy that will make the EU’s lending arm the first multilateral lender […]
29 Nov 2019
Tree planting is catching on. Even the Daily Mail are promoting tree planting! South West Water marks National Tree Week with promise to plant 100,000 trees South West Water has announced plans to plant at least 100,000 trees over the next 10 years. The water company will work with key partners to plant trees on land […]
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