24 Nov 2014
Insurers Tell Govt £500M Extra Needed For Flood Defences UK flood defences need an extra £500m investment to ensure adequate protection for UK homes and businesses, leading insurance companies have warned in a letter to Chancellor George Osborne. Without the additional millions in funding the companies are concerned they may face losses even higher than the estimated £450m bill faced after […]
24 Nov 2014
Marine Charter launched at the House of Commons on Nov 19th; over 130+ MPs have signed the charter and all the main parties agreed to include commitments to further tranches of MCZ’s in their manifestos. http://www.wcl.org.uk/marinecharter.asp MMO & MPAs – Managing the MPA network – Management Table MMO ‘The MMO has published a table which […]
24 Nov 2014
This latest Green Alliance report looks beyond the current market difficulties and assesses the conditions necessary for successful cost reduction and growth over the next decade. The report entitled ‘UK Offshore wind in the 2020s’, argues that there are some important choices to be made in the next two years which will have a profound […]
24 Nov 2014
Natural Resources Wales has completed its environmental audit on the impact of last winter’s storms on wildlife and coastal conservation sites. The effects of the winter storms are still being witnessed, with large boulder fields uncovered by the storms being inundated with algae, as shown in this photo taken as part of the MarClim survey. […]
24 Nov 2014
The appointment was made following a fair and open recruitment exercise which attracted a strong field of high quality applicants. Prior to joining the MMO, John served 17 years in the Royal Navy and also gained a wealth of experience as a Senior Civil Servant in departments and organisations including the Cabinet Office, the Home […]
18 Nov 2014
By Kevin Westerling@KevinOnWater Water Online ‘They say necessity is the mother of invention. Perhaps that’s why water and wastewater innovation is thriving — the needs have overwhelmed the status quo. Growing populations demand increasing levels of water supply and treatment, but infrastructure funding and renewal often lags behind, creating a funding gap in the hundreds […]
18 Nov 2014
Defra & MMO ‘The MMO is exploring a range of solutions for the fishing industry after the recent closures of key fisheries as a last resort measure. Options include establishing a Have Your Say panel to get industry views on future fisheries management. This work is building on the quota surgeries already put in place, […]
18 Nov 2014
By Sara Jerome@sarmje USA Water Online: ‘As new technologies promise to treat fracking wastewater to a point where it can be reused, there’s a new question: Is it clean enough to drink? Probably not, researchers say. Returning fracking wastewater to the environment “is just as risky as dumping any municipal treated wastewater back into rivers. […]
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