14 Nov 2024
Research and development in the wastewater sector have shown that offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through improved efficiency and resource recovery is possible, but efforts beyond science and engineering are necessary to achieve net zero. Wastewater treatment is responsible for a relatively small percentage of global CO2 emissions, but it is one of the largest sources of […]
14 Nov 2024
From: Scheme opens up River Trent for coarse and migratory fish The Environment Agency’s £12m flagship project in the Colwick Country Park has been officially opened by Chair of the Environment Agency, Alan Lovell. It opens up the River Trent and its tributaries for migratory fish, including salmon, trout and eels, making more habitat accessible […]
14 Nov 2024
According to the Environment Agency (EA), nearly 500 inspections of water company assets have happened in South West. Inspection teams continue to grow, focused on checks, enforcement, and regulation. The EA has a goal to quadruple inspections to 4,000 by the end of March 2025. Photo credit: Erlend Ekseth South West Water sites […]
14 Nov 2024
Wessex Water has been found negligent after sewage leaks killed thousands of fish – with the company failing to report incidents to the Environment Agency as early as it should have. Photo credit: Rijk van de Kaa Swindon Magistrates’ Court today sentenced the company to pay a total fine of £500,000 after it […]
14 Nov 2024
Ofwat, the economic regulator for water in England and Wales, has published a consultation on the proposed standards that all water companies are expected to achieve when using their priority services registers to support household customers in England and Wales from 1 April 2025 onwards. Photo credit: Murilo Gomes Priority services registers identify […]
12 Nov 2024
The global population of migratory shorebirds across the world saw a substantial decline, with some populations of migratory shorebirds decreasing by more than a third, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Photo: Vilnis Husko A re-assessment was carried out for around half of the 254 species […]
12 Nov 2024
Iceland’s last active whaling company, Hvalur hf., recently applied for an indefinite whale hunting licence, causing disagreement amongst the ministers in Iceland’s caretaker government over whether or not they will approve the application. While the country granted a one-year licence to Hvalur to kill more than 100 fin whales earlier this year for this hunting […]
12 Nov 2024
Scotland adopted its first National Marine Plan in 2015, with the aim of helping to manage the use of Scotland’s seas in a sustainable way. In 2022 work began to create an updated national marine plan, to better reflect how the sea is currently being used, and to plan for its continued and sustainable future […]
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