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15 Jul 2015

WFD – Responses to the River Basin Plan Consultation – Environment Agency

Anne Dacey, Environment Agency: ‘Following the public consultation earlier this year on ‘Water for life and livelihoods: draft update to the river basin management plan’, the Environment Agency has now produced a summary response document, which can be downloaded here: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/portal/ho/wfd/draft_plans/consult. We really value all the comments and feedback you have provided and I’d like […]

15 Jul 2015

Climate Change Committee Report: Big Implications for Water & Land Management

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This is the Committee’s first report to the new Parliament and the first report under sections 36 and 59 of the Climate Change Act, covering both progress towards meeting carbon budgets and progress on adaptation to climate change. It includes the CCC’s first ever statutory assessment of the National Adaptation Programme http://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-emissions-and-preparing-for-climate-change-2015-progress-report-to-parliament/ Different editorials have lead on […]

15 Jul 2015

Pollution isn’t going away – Pollution incident report for 2014 – Environment Agency

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This summary report provides an overview of pollution incidents that occurred in 2014 including: A breakdown by incident category – the summary is about the most important incidents A breakdown of air and water incidents The breakdown of incidents whether by regulated or unregulated operations Agriculture and the water industry were responsible for a large […]

14 Jul 2015

3 new reports available from BMAPA and The Crown Estate

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Marine Aggregate Dredging and the coastlines of Norfolk, Suffolk and the Humber 3 new reports available from BMAPA and The Crown Estate These reports may be downloaded from The Crown Estate website at: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/energy-and-infrastructure/research/seabed-and-coastal-research/reports/ And from the BMAPA website at: http://www.bmapa.org/issues/coastal_erosion.php Summary With the growing influence of climate change and increased sea level, the profile […]

13 Jul 2015

Vast methane ‘plumes’ seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats

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Independent: ‘Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale and volume of the methane release has astonished the head of the Russian research […]

13 Jul 2015

Management in Scottish MPAs – Reflections on the Ongoing Process and the Fishermen’s response

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Nick Underdown: Scottish Environment Link: ‘ We’ve just published this: This blog has attempted to chart the long, and sometimes torturous, process of setting up Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Scotland. Many of you may be wondering what is happening with Scotland’s MPAs? Are they going to be paper parks? Or are they finally going […]

13 Jul 2015

The Pressure Mounts – Ocean Scientist & the Climate Change Committee warn Government

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In the build up to Paris we will get more and more of this type of material but will it make a difference to George Osborne & Co. From post-election decisions apparently not. Ocean scientists give stark warning to governments ahead of Paris climate negotiations UK Ocean Acidification Association ‘A healthy ocean is essential for […]

13 Jul 2015

Bass Management – Too little too late? Commentary on the EU policy changes

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Links to the ICES advice, Chris Williams’ latest blog and the MCS response. It will be interesting to see the practical ramifications of these changes to the EU policy for this very important commercial species. 1. Bass blog – Chris Williams – NEF New blog (15th July) Anyone following the fate of sea bass in […]