01 Sep 2015
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have entered into a new strategic partnership creating the Institute for Sustainable Coasts and Oceans (ISCO). The new Institute is a collaborative venture that brings together marine scientists, social scientists, engineers and economists to meet the challenges of a changing ocean and a changing coastal […]
26 Aug 2015
UK Unprepared For Environmental Disaster Following Budget Cuts Guardian ‘The country could be unprepared to deal with major environmental disasters because government jobs cuts have got rid of vital scientists and specialist staff, according to a senior public sector union official. Leslie Manasseh, the president of the TUC and deputy general secretary of the Prospect union, […]
26 Aug 2015
Ofwat ‘Our five-year business plan for 2015-16 to 2019-20 sets out our overall approach for delivering our strategy, ‘Trust in water’ over the next five years. We update our business plan every year so that we always look five years ahead. It may change significantly from year to year, as circumstances change and our priorities evolve. […]
26 Aug 2015
Website text: It is perhaps no surprise given the high profile nature of the Californian drought that the US is taking up the challenge of water reuse in terms of specialist association. CH2M have won support for their work in this area not only for their technical developments but also their work in tackling the […]
26 Aug 2015
As pressure on water supplies increase due to population growth, climate change, and the need to protect the environment, wider measures to manage leakage need to be deployed. CIWEM’s new statement outlines the key issues for both customers and the environment: performance measures, economic considerations and new technological developments. Visibility of some leaks and coverage […]
26 Aug 2015
Last week the government released details of new areas for drilling applications (including 53 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, backtracking on an earlier promise) and made a surprising announcement to “call-in” local decisions that were taking too long. But a lot has changed over the past eight years and opponents should still feel hopeful. The […]
24 Aug 2015
WDC: ‘The findings of a new government report into the causes of a mass stranding of pilot whales in the Kyle of Durness, Scotland in 2011 have revealed that military exercises in the area at the time were the probable cause of the deaths of 20 whales. In July 2011, WDC staff assisted BDMLR in a long […]
24 Aug 2015
Sarah Brown ‘Assessing and measuring marine tourism and recreational activities in notoriously difficult. This marine tourism and recreation survey in Scotland being organised on behalf of Marine Scotland is a ground breaking, ambitious survey providing spatial data for the NMPi platform and the emerging marine planning partnerships. So far we have had more than 850 […]
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