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05 Nov 2014

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16th Annual ‘Area Involved’ Marine Aggregates Report Published – new report available from BMAPA and The Crown Estate   This report may be downloaded from The Crown Estate website at: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/news-and-media/news/2014/16th-annual-area-involved-report-for-marine-aggregates-published/ Summary The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have published their 16th annual ‘Area Involved’ report, which details changes in […]

04 Nov 2014

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Blueprint for Water: ‘Potentially environmentally-damaging dredging must not be prioritized over other proven flood-prevention measures in this year’s Autumn Statement on 3 December 2014 is the warning to Government by Blueprint for Water. In a new report Dredging up Trouble, 10 of the Blueprint for Water partners– a coalition of organisations, representing over two million […]

04 Nov 2014

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AAS ‘Climate change is taking hold and will bring worrying impacts—but there is still time to limit the damage. That, in a nutshell, is the message delivered by a new report that synthesizes the findings of three massive studies issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) over the past year. The Synthesis Report, […]

04 Nov 2014

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This guide which is written especially with the home owner in mind hopes to reduce the worry about what flood protection products to use, and illustrates the variety of ways a home can be protected, how difficult the products are to fit and when it is appropriate to use them, The guide has been written […]

04 Nov 2014

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Business Green ‘More than three-quarters of the public support the use of renewable energy to help meet the UK’s electricity, heating and fuel needs, with over a quarter stating that they strongly support renewable technologies. That is one of the key findings from the latest tracker survey of over 2,100 adults from the Department of […]

04 Nov 2014

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Renewable UK statement on green light for Scottish offshore wind farms, and reaction to Galloper offshore wind farm announcement 10 October 2014 Renewable UK has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it has given the go-ahead to 4 Scottish offshore wind farms. Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo. http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/2014-10-10-renewableuk-statement-on-green-light-for-scottish-offshore-wind-farms-and-reaction-to-galloper-offshore-wind-farm-announcement BUT the […]

04 Nov 2014

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Mike Young is known to many in the UK water sector from his visit several years ago where he clearly set out the challenges imposed by Australia’s experience of very severe droughts. He writes ‘I recently published an article on the Design of Water Abstraction Regimes. Variously described as water entitlement, water licensing, water right […]