02 Oct 2017
Bob Earll: Two articles below on the thinking for offshore mussel culture in the south coast of Devon and the changes on biodiversity. The issue is one of scale and there is a huge difference between a small scale operation and one the size of ‘Heathrow airport’. The scale of this development poses a number […]
02 Oct 2017
Pity no EIA approach exists for fisheries – the ultimate disruptive business In Silicon Valley they call this the disruptive business model. Your change the world first, think Uber and Airbnb, then let the regulators play catch-up. The fishing industry have been doing this for years destroying the environment and species populations first and then […]
02 Oct 2017
£28,220 penalty for release of non-native species The court heard how on 15 June 2015, 361 live American lobsters and 35 Dungeness crabs were released off Brighton on the Sussex coast by a party of over 100 Buddhists as part of a religious ceremony. The court was told how Zhixiong Li organised the party and […]
02 Oct 2017
02 Oct 2017
Twenty minute video interview with Unearthed – Greenpeace: David Attenborough: We aren’t voices crying in the wilderness anymore ‘We got mixed messages of hope and despair from Sir David Attenborough in our exclusive video interview this week, but one thing is clear: you just can’t get tired of that voice. We spoke about climate change […]
26 Sep 2017
Resilience, one of the four themes of Ofwat’s 2019 price review, took centre stage at recent event in London, with senior figures from across the water sector gathering to discuss what ‘resilience in the round’ should look like in practice and how water companies can learn from the past experiences and best practices of other […]
26 Sep 2017
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with the Water Research Foundation, has released a new report entitled Innovative and Integrated Stormwater Management. The report is an accumulation of DEP’s examination of stormwater programs from across the country and around the globe. It includes lessons learned and the challenges associated with […]
26 Sep 2017
According to a new report from the Institute for Government, the Government’s use of cost benefit analysis must improve if crucial investments in the country’s infrastructure are to succeed. How to value infrastructure: Improving cost benefit analysis argues that with a quarter of a trillion pounds (£250bn) worth of infrastructure investment expected over the next five […]
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