Environment Agency 2 February 2016 ‘The Environment Agency has carried out 16,000 inspections and identified around 660 flood defences needing repair work in the wake of record-breaking wet weather in December. The ongoing work to assess and repair flood damage following Storm Desmond and Storm Eva will be outlined at an open Board meeting chaired […]
The Governments own appointee resigns; not good. He was in the firing line from EFRA Committee MPs last week – see video below. Defra 11th Jan: The Chairman of the Environment Agency Sir Philip Dilley has today resigned from his position. Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said: Today I have accepted Sir Philip Dilley’s resignation and […]
Bob Earll – viewpoint – thanks also to Phil Smith The reason why Dieter Helm needs to be taken seriously is that he has the ear of George Osborne and the Treasury and of course their continued backing for the Natural Capital committee. The timing of this viewpoint is interesting. Is this what Government now […]
Comment: A one off session – surely there needs to be a rather more systematic approach given the scale of the events. EFRA Interview the Environment Agency – in response to Storm Desmond Cumbria Scope of the inquiry ‘This one-off session was organised in response to Storm Desmond in early December. The first panel comprises of […]
This seems like a deliberate attempt to explain some of the less obvious ways of dealing with flooding … Andy Croxford, 20 October 2015 Environment Agency Flooding can occur from many different sources. We saw this in winter 2013-2014 when the storm surge caused flooding on the east coast, there was widespread river flooding across […]