22 Jul 2014
22 Jul 2014
Climate Change Committee blames Government over slow rate of progress in reducing UK carbon emissions
Climate Change Committee: ‘This is our sixth statutory report to Parliament on progress towards meeting carbon budgets. In it we consider the latest data on emissions and their drivers. This year the report also includes a full assessment of how the first carbon budget (2008-2012) was met, drawing out policy lessons and setting out what […]
22 Jul 2014
Sustainable Drainage Systems – Defra Update and draft National Standards
This fourth Defra newsletter provides an update on SuDS implementation, and includes the draft National Standards. It also provides a link to the stakeholder-led guidance; describes the outcome of the recent survey conducted to assess local authority preparedness; and gives a summary of the table top testing exercise held with a small group of local […]
22 Jul 2014
Tidal lagoon electricity generation could contribute £27 billion to UK economy – New Centre for Business & Economics Research
A new Cebr report published today assesses the economic benefits that could be derived from Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd.’s proposed construction of six tidal lagoons across the United Kingdom. ‘Key findings from the study include: The construction of the six proposed lagoons could contribute a total of £27 billion to UK GDP over the twelve […]
22 Jul 2014
MMO consulting on their South Plan vision
MMO ‘The draft vision and objectives outline how the south plan areas could change in the next 20 years, and what needs to happen to reach that point. They cover the marine plan areas that stretch from Folkestone to the River Dart in Devon, and aim to ensure the waters around the south coast are […]
11 Jul 2014
Fishing down the food chain – the implications for UK Marine Programmes
In 1998 Daniel Pauly and co-workers published a paper in Science describing the concept of fishing down the food chain using FAO landings data. Recent and forthcoming publication of papers using ICES landings data demonstrate that fishing down the food chain in UK waters is now a reality and that its impacts are wide ranging […]
11 Jul 2014
Beware the Infrastructure Bill – Planning changes and Concerns for the sell off of public land including forests
Concerns are being raised about this bill not least in relation to the ‘transfer of public land to the Government Homes and Communities Agency will relatively few strings. This looks like re-igniting the forest sell-off campaign issue. Planning Portal ‘The new legislation which changes the management of major roads, streamlines the planning process for major […]
11 Jul 2014
Crown Estate announces new wave & tidal leases and plans for tidal range
REA July 8th ‘The Crown Estate has boosted the UK wave and tidal sector today by confirming leasing agreements for new wave and tidal stream energy sites, as well as plans for a future leasing round for tidal range projects. The leasing agreements announced today [1] will help bring forward five new wave and […]
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