04 Nov 2014
This guide which is written especially with the home owner in mind hopes to reduce the worry about what flood protection products to use, and illustrates the variety of ways a home can be protected, how difficult the products are to fit and when it is appropriate to use them, The guide has been written […]
04 Nov 2014
Business Green ‘More than three-quarters of the public support the use of renewable energy to help meet the UK’s electricity, heating and fuel needs, with over a quarter stating that they strongly support renewable technologies. That is one of the key findings from the latest tracker survey of over 2,100 adults from the Department of […]
04 Nov 2014
Renewable UK statement on green light for Scottish offshore wind farms, and reaction to Galloper offshore wind farm announcement 10 October 2014 Renewable UK has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it has given the go-ahead to 4 Scottish offshore wind farms. Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo. http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/2014-10-10-renewableuk-statement-on-green-light-for-scottish-offshore-wind-farms-and-reaction-to-galloper-offshore-wind-farm-announcement BUT the […]
04 Nov 2014
Mike Young is known to many in the UK water sector from his visit several years ago where he clearly set out the challenges imposed by Australia’s experience of very severe droughts. He writes ‘I recently published an article on the Design of Water Abstraction Regimes. Variously described as water entitlement, water licensing, water right […]
28 Oct 2014
Business Green ‘ Cameron hails EU climate agreement as an end to green energy diktats, but Green MP Caroline Lucas says lack of binding energy savings target is bad for consumers and businesses. David Cameron has hailed an “ambitious” deal struck by the European Union last week to slash greenhouse gases by at least 40 […]
28 Oct 2014
The West Country Rivers Trust, in collaboration with DEFRA and the Rivers Trust, has developed a method for undertaking stakeholder-led spatial visualisation of ecosystem services provisioning areas across a catchment landscape. During this participatory process, primary, secondary and tertiary stakeholders and technical specialists work with a broker/facilitator to collate and scrutinise all of the data […]
28 Oct 2014
MARLISCO’ s overarching goal is to raise public awareness, facilitate dialogue and promote co-responsibility among the different actors towards a joint vision for the sustainable management of marine litter across all European seas. http://www.marlisco.eu/about-project.en.html MARLISCO Deliverables D1.1 Understanding of the distribution quantities and types of marine litter. The report aims to review the current […]
24 Oct 2014
Now Available from Routledge Marine Biodiversity Conservation: A Practical Approach By Keith Hiscock Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions. This book is intended to provide knowledge and tools for marine conservation practitioners and to identify issues and mechanisms for upper-level undergraduate and Masters students. The main focus […]
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