The text of the speech given by Ofwat CEO Cathryn Ross at the Water UK Innovation Hub. It reflects on the lessons from PR14, on the need for customers key concerns now and in the long term. Considering the new Resilience duty is a key element to this and the speech elaborates on how she […]
In February Lord Krebs of the Committee on Climate Change Adaptation wrote to Brendan McCafferty, CEO of Flood Re in letter entitled: ‘Designing Flood Re to encourage flood risk reduction’. The letter raised serious concerns about Flood Re – its value for money and lack of incentives to take preventive measures on flooding. To read […]
DECC ‘Some newspapers have been misreporting the regulation of the potential shale reserves that could play a key role in securing Britain’s future energy supplies. We want local communities to play an important role in helping to safely develop the shale industry. The government also remains committed to ensuring communities have their say on fracking […]
EFRA Committee: Neil Parrish(Con) is the new chairman and he has set out his views. Parish served as a committee member during the last parliament, and describes himself as a ‘strong voice for British farming’. He has also served on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beef & Lamb, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eggs, Pig and […]
February 2015 CSF: Evaluation is a core part of the Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) project: essential for assessing delivery of objectives and the project outcomes. This report covers the project’s work since inception in 2006 and demonstrates the considerable impact of voluntary work with farmers to reduce diffuse pollution. All the activities in the Phase […]
A multi-million pound plan to restore the River Teme is a step nearer today thanks to vital funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). HLF has approved a development grant of £204,000 to allow the Severn Rivers’ Trust (SRT) to develop plans and apply for a full £3million grant for its Springs of River project […]
Resilience is the Cabinet Office approved idea that all the regulators, including Ofwat, are having to come to terms with. The original Cabinet Office definitions looked rather like versions of sustainability repackaged http://cmscoms.com/?p=1684 . On a more pragmatic note the challenges of major events like the floods of 2007 and storms and floods of 2014 […]
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/02/apollo-programme-for-clean-energy-needed-to-tackle-climate-change A plan to tackle climate change by emulating the race to put a man on the moon is aiming to channel billions of dollars in research that will give renewable energy commercial lift off. The Global Apollo Programme aims to make the cost of clean electricity lower than that from coal-fired power stations across […]