27 Jun 2016
The Threat: George Eustace – Brexit would free UK from ‘spirit-crushing’ green directives, says minister. Farming minister George Eustice says leave vote would free up £2bn now spent on insurance schemes and incentives for farmers Brexit and the sea Charles Clover Blue Marine Foundation: Let us remember just what our seas were like before the […]
17 May 2016
SeafoodSource.com: University of Washington professor and global fisheries expert Ray Hilborn, who has been outspoken in countering the widely-held belief that the world’s fish stocks are declining, has been accused by Greenpeace of a lack of transparency in disclosing his funding sources. Greenpeace’s attack on Hilborn’s credibility comes after the organization received the details of the […]
09 May 2016
The Environmental Audit Committee questions academics on the environmental impact of microplastics (on May 9th watch the video). Watch Parliament TV: Environmental impact of microplastics Inquiry: Environmental impact of microplastics Scope of the inquiry The Environmental Audit Committee calls for evidence on the environmental impact of microplastics. Key issues include: the scale, sources and consequences […]
15 Mar 2016
This collection of seven articles highlights the support for the EU among the environmental and business sectors (CBI). Whilst not everything is perfect, Europe has been a major force for good with sustainability and environmental issues and their development. 1. Brexit could break the environment Leaving the EU would create “identifiable and substantial risks to the […]
02 Feb 2016
Government fishing policy judicial review verdict – Greenpeace response 18 January, 2016 Greenpeace: Following a recent judicial review which saw Greenpeace challenge the UK Government over its distribution of fishing quota, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE has ruled in the Government’s favour. Responding to the verdict, Greenpeace UK’s Head of Oceans, Will McCallum, said: ‘Low-impact fishing […]
28 Apr 2015
Greenpeace 24 April, 2015: ‘A full judicial review into the government’s decision to continue to give nearly the entire UK fishing quota to domestic industrial and foreign corporations, at the expense of local, low impact fishermen, has been given the green light by the High Court. Justice Andrews granted permission to Greenpeace to argue that […]
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