11 Aug 2026
Photo by Juan Pablo Ahumada Four studies produced by ORE Catapult, the UK’s leading innovation centre for offshore renewable energy, were presented in Santiago this week, setting out recommendations to help Chile build a competitive offshore wind sector. The reports, commissioned by the British Embassy Santiago and funded by the UK’s Department for Business […]
11 Aug 2026
Photo by Phil Hearing Two whales that washed up and died on the north Norfolk coast between Mundesley and Trimingham on Monday 4 August remain unidentified more than a week later, after experts from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) said the animals looked unlike any known example of their initially suspected species. A […]
05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: Scott Graham Ofwat has opened a consultation on how the charges paid by new water suppliers to established companies are set out, part of an effort to make the figures clearer and more consistent. The proposals would add a formal annex to Ofwat’s bulk charging rules, setting standard ways for incumbent companies […]
05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: Yihong Chen The US government has stepped in to break a long stalemate over the drought-stricken Colorado River, proposing cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet a year for the three lower basin states. The Interior Department’s preferred management framework, published on 31 July, would reduce the allocation of Arizona, California and […]
05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: Chris Gallagher The Scottish government has launched a £15 million fund to strengthen flood resilience in the communities most at risk. The money, announced on 2 August, will go to local groups, communities and councils to improve their preparedness, and is intended to complement Scotland’s wider Flood Resilience Strategy. Where the money […]
05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: Sharon Waldron The Drinking Water Inspectorate has issued Thames Water a warning letter after finding “multiple and significant failures” in works that left a customer’s water supply mistakenly connected to a sewer in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The letter, dated 23 July, follows the Inspectorate’s investigation into an incident that occurred on 4 March […]
05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: M. Shahri Hungary’s only nuclear plant came within millimetres of a complete shutdown this week as the drought draining central Europe’s rivers left the Danube too low to cool its reactors. A slight overnight rise in the river bought the Paks plant a reprieve, while downstream in Romania the military has detonated […]
05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: Gio L A group of Labour MPs and regional mayors has urged the prime minister to turn failing water companies into not-for-profit cooperatives, presenting the idea as a middle path between full nationalisation and the status quo. The proposal, set out in a report from the Good Growth Foundation, a think tank […]
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