12 Sep 2024
Crossbench peer Lord Krebs last week introduced the Environmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill to the House of Lords. This would give public bodies a statutory objective to support the targets set under the Environment Act 2021 and Climate Change Act 2008. If passed the Bill would apply to over 40 government departments and agencies, including […]
12 Sep 2024
The new government has set out details of the provisions in the Water (Special Measures) Bill and how they are intended to apply. The policy statement includes details on provisions which will enable government and regulators to: block bonuses for executives who pollute our waterways bring criminal charges against persistent law breakers enable automatic and […]
10 Sep 2024
New North Sea oil and gas projects have been placed on hold while the UK Government responds to a landmark court case on the environment. On the 29th August, the UK government announced new environmental guidance for oil and gas firms, aiming to “provide stability for industry, support investment, protect jobs, deliver economic growth, and […]
10 Sep 2024
Scientists from multiple institutions are to investigate the impact of British wind farms on the seabed amid plans to build up to 25,000 more offshore turbines. The researchers, upon a private survey vessel, examined one of the oldest active offshore wind farms in the UK, the Ørsted wind farm, off the coast of Cumbria. The […]
10 Sep 2024
The EU Court of Justice has ruled that key information on how EU fisheries rules are implemented by Member States can remain confidential. This ruling is the last stage of a case ClientEarth brought against the Commission for refusing to grant the NGO access to audit reports detailing failures by France and Denmark to control illegal fishing – […]
10 Sep 2024
As part of making plans for the future, we’ve been working to define what OCF stands for – who we are, what we do, and what we believe in. We think deciding on these will help keep us on track as we expand the range of activities we are involved in. So, beginning with who […]
10 Sep 2024
OSPAR’s Quality Status Report 2023 showed that marine birds continue to be in trouble due to the effects of climate change and other pressures resulting from human activities such as mortality, habitat loss and degradation. In direct response to this assessment countries from around the North-East Atlantic together with the European Union have adopted an […]
10 Sep 2024
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is encouraging sea anglers and commercial fishers to share their views on the future management of wrasses, black seabream and gilthead bream. Credit: MMO Potential Management Measures MMO is leading development of new Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) for the species in English waters. It has launched a short online survey […]
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