24 May 2017
Scottish Water Horizons has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it, along with alliance partner SHARC Energy Systems, has been awarded grant support to facilitate the installation of heat from sewer systems at five locations across Scotland. Funding from the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP), managed through the Scottish Government, has been granted to […]
24 May 2017
Carbon Brief has produced an interactive map showing where £4.4 billion of flood protection over the current five year period will be spent in England. It reveals that the south-east, which has around 32% of England’s population, will receive 60% of the government’s planned funding. 2015-2016 Annual report EA Erosion & Flood Risk Management https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611614/National_Flood_Risk_Report_LIT_10517.pdf […]
24 May 2017
By 2030 At Unilever, we’re committed to doing our bit to tackle climate change, continuously finding sustainable solutions to make and sell our products. We’ve come a long way already, but we know there’s always more we can do. This is why we’re going one step further in our commitment to renewable energy. By 2030, […]
22 May 2017
The Conservative Party manifesto – link: https://www.conservatives.com/manifesto Check for yourselves Bob Earll ‘It seems to be a fair assumption that the Conservatives will return to Government after the election. It is also very clear since the publication of the Conservative manifesto that Theresa May is breaking away from many aspects of thinking of the Cameron […]
22 May 2017
Kevin McKenna Guardian In the waters of the North Sea a few miles off Scotland’s east coast, a nine-year battle has been raging that threatens a fragile and unique environmental equilibrium. The struggle has made mortal enemies of two huge lobbies that share a passionate commitment to the environment. On one side are the developers […]
22 May 2017
Two articles reflecting the growing ambition of the wind sector and the increasing development of offshore wind technologies which are bringing costs down. 1. North Sea artificial island for Offshore Wind hub The harnessing of energy has never been without projects of monolithic scale. From the Hoover Dam to the Three Gorges—the world’s largest power […]
22 May 2017
Bob Earll ‘Good news and bad. The bad news is that the flame shell bed had to been badly damaged before Scottish Government acted. The good news is that once notified their response has been quicker than anything known in the history of MPAs in UK providing a valuable precedent.’ Scottish Government has announced today […]
22 May 2017
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, together with The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit, have today announced the launch of the $2 million New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize. The Prize which is funded by Wendy Schmidt as Lead Philanthropic Partner of the New Plastics Economy Initiative, calls for innovators, designers, scientist and entrepreneurs to help create packaging that […]
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