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 […]
26 Sep 2017
According to new analysis, natural water management schemes could be an important new source of profit for upland farms post-Brexit, and protect vulnerable communities from flooding. England’s struggling upland livestock farmers could earn over £15,000 profit a year by entering into private water management contracts with businesses and organisations in areas susceptible to flooding, according […]
26 Sep 2017
At the Labour Party conference, John McDonnell pledged that a future Labour government’s new breed of public-owned energy supply will be based on renewable power sources. In his keynote speech at the Labour Party annual conference today, the shadow chancellor of the exchequer said that the recent storms and flooding over recent months had been […]
24 Sep 2017
Gagging Charities and NGOs The theme of controlling information is one this Government has continued – see Chris Smith explaining how the Environmental Agencies were gagged. This decision continues that trend. The Guardian ‘Charities have condemned ministers for rejecting changes to the Lobbying Act which were made by a government-commissioned review body. Campaign groups say they […]
24 Sep 2017
MCZs Mary Creagh, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), said: “The Government has not adequately responded to our concerns around Marine Protected Areas. Specifically, it has failed to outline a plan which addresses the delays in completing the Marine Conservation Zone network, continued to exclude reference areas from these Marine Conservation Zones, and taken […]
24 Sep 2017
MCCIP news: ‘The MCCIP website has recently been updated with new marine climate change news and events. Below is a brief summary of the new items that have been added. For more details on all of the items listed below, simply go to www.mccip.org.uk and go to the relevant links in the ‘news and events’ […]
24 Sep 2017
Thanks to Phil Williamson The new HoC Science & Technology Committee met and they agreed to publish a Defra response (of 18 July) to issues raised re the OA inquiry: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/science-technology/Correspondence/170718-Coffey-to-Lamb-Ocean-acidification.pdf. That was in response to the Committee’s letter to Defra of 26 April: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/science-technology/Correspondence/Letter-toTh%c3%a9r%c3%a8se-Coffey-MP-ocean-acidification-26-04-17.pdf. It is up to the new Committee to decided whether the Defra/government […]
22 Sep 2017
Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending. Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending after the government announced the next round of the Coastal Communities Fund today […]
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