09 Jul 2017
It is not clear where this idea has come from. A way of putting existing designations in a wider local context. A mini-MSP? A city MP has launched a campaign to turn Plymouth Sound into the UK’s first National Marine park. Labour’s Luke Pollard has outlined his intention to turn the city’s famous bay into […]
09 Jul 2017
Coalition working, is gaining traction as a device for focussing effort, here are four major organisational responses by both NGOs and Governments that match the unfolding massive scale of the problem. The task will soon become to assess the effectiveness of these coalitions in practice. 1.The Plastic Pollution Coalition http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/ The Plastic Pollution Coalition mission is to […]
09 Jul 2017
Scientists at the University of Southampton are warning that future coastal impact studies must take account of extreme sea levels – a phenomenon expected to occur more frequently as rising waters combine with high tides and storm surges to potentially devastating effect. A new study published today in Nature Communications – led by the University […]
09 Jul 2017
York Workshop Reports Thanks to Bryce Beukers-Stewart. Whilst the debris and comment still explodes around Gove’s pronouncements on fisheries, two thoughtful reports have been published which are the outcomes of the York Brexit workshops earlier in the year. Click here to download the two reports one on Fisheries and Brexit and the other on the […]
02 Jul 2017
The National Infrastructure Commission has assessed the impact of the environment and climate change on future infrastructure. It includes analysis of water quality and water resource impacts, and looks at the prospects for integrating green infrastructure and natural capital into future infrastructure plans. Comments on the discussion paper are invited by 28 July. Click here […]
02 Jul 2017
Waterwise ‘A new water efficiency strategy for the UK has been launched. It calls for “quantified, ambitious water savings” in PR19 and stricter water use rules for new housing. A new leadership group will be launched to encourage the use of “more ambitious” water efficiency programmes and to increase customer participation in resilience projects. Climate […]
02 Jul 2017
The scale of fines is creeping up, but wasn’t the idea that giant brands like Tesco were supposed to be market leaders in delivering corporate social responsibility (CSR). You could do a lot of staff training for £8 million. Retail Gazette: Tesco has been slapped with two fines totalling in £8 million after it pleaded […]
02 Jul 2017
There has been a number of new initiatives on green infrastructure (GI) recently. A new resource from HR Wallingford shows how GI can help protect river banks and reduce flow speeds, and is often cheaper than conventional river engineering whilst providing multiple benefits. A survey for the EU funded PERFECT project shows the different […]
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