Cosmetic companies should be banned from using plastic microbeads in bathroom products – like exfoliating scrubs, toothpaste and shaving gel – because of the marine pollution they are causing, the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has demanded. View the interactive report summary Read the report conclusions and recommendations Read the full report: Environmental impact of microplastics […]
A valuable update including: Statements of public participation published Call for issues with supporting evidence: survey and workshop Sustainability appraisal scoping report published South marine plan – public consultation Decision maker workshops Improving systems And more What a marine plan will do’ page: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/marine-planning-in-england
Sue Boyes and Professor Mike Elliott of the University of Hull’s Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies (IECS) have just had one of the first papers on Brexit published in a high-ranking international journal. The paper has the catchy title: ‘Brexit: the marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous! Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.020 The paper builds on marine […]
Sian Prior sianprior9@hotmail.com ‘I am involved with to ban the use of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic. The first blog below from come a research group – the International Council on Clean Transportation. It follows a couple of media pieces (Huffington Post, Guardian) on the cruise of the Crystal Serenity with over 1000 passengers […]
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), ‘the UK charity that cares for our seas, shores and wildlife, is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive. Sandy Luk is currently Director of Programmes at leading environmental law NGO ClientEarth. As part of the team that built the organisation, she brings vast experience of marine […]
Big Seaweed Search BSS is a new partnership citizen science project with MCS and the Natural History Museum – although the survey itself is not new as it launched in 2009. The BSS is all about unlocking the secrets of our seaweeds to track change on British seashores. We invite individuals and groups to contribute […]
New Orleans SUDS … According to an 18 July 2016 article in The New Orleans Advocate, New Orleans is about to embark on a $115 million, three-year project to upgrade drainage in eight neighbourhoods, the largest effort to date to enact new strategies focused on retaining – rather than immediately pumping out – rainwater. While […]
‘Act now to help our communities become more resilient as the Calder Valley will flood again, thanks to changing weather patterns, climate change and changes in land management. That’s the message within the Calderdale Flood Commission’s final report into the causes, impact and response to the unprecedented flooding which hit the Calder Valley on Boxing […]