25 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016
Reshuffling our Future – Defra & DECC – All Change – Update 21st July
July 21st Update. This was carried first in Marine News on Tuesday July 19th – the updates including Junior Ministers are in dark blue Andrea Leadsom has been made the SoS for the Environment and there are mixed views on her suitability for this. Farm payments a major priority In line with other May appointments […]
20 Jul 2016
Flood Resilience Review Publication Postponed to ‘late summer’
BBC Flood Review Roger Harrabin ‘The Government’s Flood Resilience review was due to be published this week, but has been postponed because the politician in charge, Oliver Letwin, lost his seat in Cabinet. [And floods minister Rory Stewart have been moved on – no surprise that this has been delayed] It is expected to be […]
20 Jul 2016
Scottish 10 Year Flood Protection Strategy – Nicola Sturgeon unveils £400+ million investment
Scottish Government: More than 10,000 families are to benefit from a ten year strategy to protect homes in many of Scotland’s most flood-prone communities. The plan is the result of grant funding totalling £420 million and follows an agreement reached between the Scottish Government and COSLA. The cash will be used to deliver 40 new […]
20 Jul 2016
Brexit: Science suffering right now – Government silence
Not business as usual – clear evidence mounting of European funding collaborations being damaged Although the Science and Technology Committee announced their review several weeks ago, their chair has just been reshuffled to Health, and their progress seems likely to be a little sedate because there are very real challenges now. Two articles: Academies write […]
20 Jul 2016
United Utilities fined almost £1m for polluting a brook
United Utilities (UU) and its contractor have been fined almost £1 million for polluting a brook. The water company has been sentenced to pay £600,000 and contractor KMI+ has to pay £330,000, according to the Environment Agency. KMI+ was contracted by UU to carry out improvement works at Wayoh water treatment works at Turton Bottoms, […]
20 Jul 2016
Catchment solutions to flooding: Holnicote & Pickering – Case studies
With Truss, Letwin and Stewart moved on there will be a continuing need to remind the new ministers of the value of catchment solutions. Two updates and interesting information River restoration Centre, Holnicote Natural Flood Management Project members site visit by Jasmine Errey on Monday, 18th July, 2016 ‘On the first Wednesday of July we […]
20 Jul 2016
The Environment Agency has moved it’s on-line content to Gov.UK
A customised update service is available from GOV.UK You are able to select the publication type, such as, consultations, guidance, statistics; topic; frequency; and the government departments that you are interested in. You can change your selection and unsubscribe at any time. If you would like to try this service, go to the GOV.UK publications page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications […]
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