19 Apr 2016
A report has been produced which clarifies how the Pickering – Slowing the Flow project – worked over the Christmas 2015 rainfall events. Pickering was much in the news over Christmas 2015 with various reports about how well or not the Slowing the Flow project measures had protected the town from flooding. Some claimed […]
19 Apr 2016
Environment Agency: This guidance explains how to assess the risk of an activity and decide whether it supports the objectives of your local River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) or meets sustainability criteria. You need to show The Environment Agency that your activity supports the objectives of your local River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) or meets […]
18 Apr 2016
MMO: Marine planning: a guide for local councils, provides an overview of marine plans and the marine planning system. It includes information on how marine planning and land-use planning support each other, how the two systems integrate and how the marine plans should be used. For more information email https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-planning-a-guide-for-local-councils MMO: We would like your […]
18 Apr 2016
The Environmental Audit Committee hears from carries on with its review by interviewing Rory Stewart from Defra and Oliver Letwin (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) from the Cabinet office. Not a very comfortable afternoon for Rory Stewart who has to defend sitting on the Worsfold report and its recommendations. Watch the video Tip you […]
18 Apr 2016
The phenomenon of coral bleaching has been known for many years, however, the scale of the effects of the current El Nino warming has taken observers by surprise. The sheer geographic scale of this event and its clear visual impact are extremely worrying. This is ecosystem scale effect of climate change that many have predicted. […]
18 Apr 2016
Bob Earll: The new Natural Capital Committee have been tasked to start work on this and news on this should be emerging shortly. I’d always though 25 year plans were the work of big state sponsored communism but apparently not. This will be a very strange beast and will no doubt pose a wide range […]
18 Apr 2016
Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a large species of seaweed originating from the Pacific and is considered by the IUCN Invasive Specialist Group to be one of the 100 ‘world’s worst’ invasive species, due to its potential to impact ecological and economic interests. Scientists do not currently believe that the true spread of the species is […]
14 Apr 2016
We all know about burying bad news, the EAC and Parliament have done their work in holding Government to account. The Environmental Audit Committee publishes the 2014 review of the Government’s Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) (the “Worsfold Review”). The Worsfold Review was commissioned by the Government following the flooding of winter 2013-14 and […]
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