29 Aug 2023
The International Union for Conservation Nature’s World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN WCPA) has launched a freely available guide to achieving Target 3 or the “30×30 target” of the Global Biodiversity Framework and effectively and equitably conserving at least 30 per cent of the Earth by 2030. The publication guides readers through the target, breaking down the […]
29 Aug 2023
Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, was inaugurated by Equinor and its partners. Hywind Tampen consists of 11 8.6 megawatt (MW) turbines. It’s around 140 km (87 miles) off the Norwegian coast in a water depth of between 260 and 300 metres (853 to 984 feet). It produced its first power in […]
29 Aug 2023
The Environment Agency (EA) has removed a requirement for EDF to install an acoustic fish deterrent (AFD) into Hinkley Point C’s cooling system, which the company said could be dangerous to maintain. Environmental groups say millions of fish could be killed per year. The reactor cooling system tunnels will take in 132,000 litres of water per […]
23 Aug 2023
The Guardian reports that the nationwide Water Framework Directive (WFD) annual health check of England’s water bodies which used to take place annually, will now take six years to complete, prompting anger from campaigners and politicians, as public alarm grows over the state of the nation’s rivers and coasts. It says that, in 2019, the […]
23 Aug 2023
New data from the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas show that 25 countries — housing one-quarter of the global population — face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the world’s population — around 4 billion people — live under highly water-stressed […]
23 Aug 2023
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on changes to variable monetary penalties – financial penalties that can be imposed for certain environmental offences. The changes will scrap the £250,000 cap on civil penalties and significantly broaden their scope to target a wider range of environmental offences. New enforcement powers will allow the Environment Agency to apply penalties […]
23 Aug 2023
United Utilities Water Limited have been fined £800,000 after illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire following a prosecution by the Environment Agency. The Guardian reports that the company breached three-year rolling limit on abstraction licence at Fylde aquifer in 2018.
23 Aug 2023
Water Reuse Europe, the industry association for the European water reuse sector, is delighted to announce its Innovation Prize 2023, to recognise professionals who are breaking ground in developing solutions to address the water supply challenges of today and tomorrow across Europe. The Prize is open to any person representing a company or institution with […]
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