The EU have come out clearly saying that they want access to UK water for fisheries. Given that the Scottish Tory MPs come from the fishing communities this will be another political time bomb. Two articles: 1. EU access to UK waters after Brexit Yesterday (Wednesday 7 March), a draft European Council document was circulated, […]
High operating efficiencies combined with the major benefit of greater flexibility on location could be big advantages for floating offshore wind. The world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, called Hywind, started sending electricity to the grid last October. Since then, the six-turbine, 30MW installation has been working well. Really well. In fact, Hywind has had […]
Posted on March 7, 2018 by Chris Rose An overwhelming majority of the UK public wants to see plastic phased out except for essential uses, according to a survey of over 1000 people reported here. 83.9% agreed that ‘Because of the pollution/harm it causes, plastic should be phased out except for essential uses’ in a nationally representative survey […]
Natural England are producing a growing set of YouTube video on mud and sand habitats in Marine Protected Areas. These will be helpful to a host of people promoting an awareness of local marine life and marine protected areas. They and short, powerful and very helpful. A great resource. Wembury MPA – nest building wrasse […]
This is a truly astonishing speech which goes to the heart of the privatisation model. Nor is there any doubt about the driver for this which is the Labour Party commitment to renationalise the water industry. The Gove speech and the follow-up from Jonson Cox at Ofwat outline a very different scenario from business as […]
‘What is the point of investing in an energy efficient building that could be washed away in a flood? Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, delivers a speech to the Sustainability First conference: hearing the public interest voice in energy & water A speech by Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, to […]
This is a very important consultation because its scope cover many sectors including for water, coast, flooding, environment and energy. Don’t be put off by the skew and spin in the media over house building. There are some interesting ideas and commitments and links to the 25 year environment plan. This consultation was launched by […]
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