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01 Jun 2015

Queen’s Speech – Little for Sustainability, Environment or Energy

Cloud Sustainability highlights the Energy Bill to secure sources of gas, and previous announcement on onshore wind but no new support for energy conservation http://www.cloudsustainability.com/queens-speech-environmental-issues-under-the-spotlight CIWM Highlighted the lack of any support for the circular economy and an Enterprise Bill which promises to cut £10bn of red tape http://www.mrw.co.uk/news/queens-speech-criticised-over-environmental-issues/8683694.article Edie net highlighted the […]

01 Jun 2015

England’s bathing waters: cleanest since records began the start of a new era

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Environment Agency In 2014 , the English coast was the cleanest since records began, with 99.5% of swimming spots passing water quality tests compared to just 65% in 1988. However, England’s beaches will be under the microscope this summer as much tougher new EU standards come into force. The new European standards will be twice […]

01 Jun 2015

Dealing with flooding requires total change for local and national government – National Flood Forum

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Paul Cobbing: The National Flood Forum is a UK charity supporting and representing flood risk individuals and communities. We support people to prepare for flooding, help people to recover their lives after flooding, and work to put flood risk communities at the centre of policy making. The Environment Agency’s long term investment scenarios show that […]

01 Jun 2015

Fracking – European Reports on Water Management – Impacts and Practice

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The European Technology Platform for Water: After months of work, WssTP WG Shale Gas is proud to publish its three new reports. The reports are mainly summarizing the Working Group’s work on the following three different topics: State of the art: best practices for Flowback water, Produced Water and Wastewater treatment-Identification of the missing technologies […]

01 Jun 2015

Shellfish Species Shrinking – the Lilliput Effect – as rising carbon emissions hit marine life

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Guardian: Biologists warn that hundreds of species could die or weaken as growing levels of CO2 make oceans more acidic and disrupt shell formation Sea creatures are set to shrink as the world’s oceans become more acidic. That is the startling warning given by an international group of biologists who have charted the likely impact […]

01 Jun 2015

The impact of ghost fishing

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program, in partnership with the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, has published the report “Impact of “Ghost Fishing” via Derelict Fishing Gear”. This report is a summary of the current scientific knowledge of ghost fishing, the derelict fishing gear that contribute to it, the species mortalities, […]

29 May 2015

Join the Marine Biological Association and be part of the marine biological community!

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Calling all marine biologists … The Marine Biological Association (MBA) provides a clear, independent voice on behalf of the marine biological community. If you are not already a member of the MBA then you may not be aware of our new membership categories and career-enhancing benefits on offer: Professional marine biologist (Mem.MBA) and MBA Fellow […]

26 May 2015

Government – Business as Usual – it’s even going ‘To be the greenest Government ever’ – Boris

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The Queen’s speech this week will highlight the Government’s highest priorities. We have clearer idea of the ministerial teams, but still await responsibilities. Some of previous Government’s commitments have been clearly reiterated. Dislike of solar farms, no subsidy for onshore wind and even Boris’s thoughts on this being the Greenest Government ever. Interestingly the Government’s […]