EA ‘The Environment Agency announced that water companies need to do more to protect the environment and published the annual Water Company Environmental Performance report highlighting that severe pollution incidents caused by water companies rose for the third year running last year. Although there has been a gradual improving trend in environmental performance over recent years, the […]
The problem with droughts, unlike floods, is that they are slow train issues … by the time you realise you have a problem it’s too late. The ongoing hot weather and prolonged period of low or no rain has led to United Utilities being the first of the big companies to introduce a hose pip […]
Defra Policy Paper: ‘This surface water management action plan sets out the steps the government is taking, with the Environment Agency and others, to manage the risk of surface water flooding. It covers a number of actions to both improve our understanding of the risks and strengthen delivery. These include: improving risk assessment and communication […]
Evidence given by Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, and Dr Sebastian Catovsky, Deputy Director for Water Services, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Watch this evidence session Scope of the inquiry The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry will consider how well the water industry serves […]
NRW’s lowland wetland restoration work in North Wales wins Best Nature project in the EU-wide LIFE Nature programme awards. The wetland restoration project spans 750ha of fenland habitat, which has been restored over a five-year period. Natural Resources Wales has restored a range of wetlands including Cors Erddreiniog, Cors Bodeilio, Cors Goch on Anglesey, Cors […]
These reviews can make a big difference in the way Government operates. A huge opportunity. Not much information yet but oral evidence is being taken. The House of Lords has appointed a Select Committee to “consider the regeneration of seaside towns and communities”. This is a one-off, time-limited committee of inquiry which must conclude and […]
The Southsea Coastal Scheme stretches for 4.5km from Old Portsmouth to Eastney and will help reduce the risks of flooding to 8077 homes and 704 business from major flood events. The work will transform the seafront for future generations alongside protecting the heritage that is so important to the people of Portsmouth. We also want […]
Researchers at Durham University have studied sediment samples dating back 10,000 years to track how sea levels affect salt marshes. They say marshes could disappear in south-east England from 2040 and across the rest of Great Britain by 2100. Following the last ice age most of Scotland is rising while southern England is subsiding, they […]