28 Nov 2018

Three articles & reports Michael Gove launches new Met office Projections   Gove’s speech – a detailed statement US Climate change report highlights massive costs not least to inland and coastal flooding Committee on Climate Change Animation 1. The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove at the Science Museum in London, in which he launched new data giving the […]

01 Aug 2018

Environment Secretary calls in Water Bosses to explain leakage failures NB: Some of these links will be behind pay walls Defra: ‘Today’s Times reported on the news that The Environment Secretary has called in the Chief Executives of nine water companies to explain their poor performance on leakage. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said: Customers expect a reliable […]

26 Jul 2017

I’d be delighted to publish any blogs that try and draw together the messages and lessons from some of these recent river valley flooding events. The Coverack floods can be set in several contexts but this week the Met Office warns of ongoing high risk of unprecedented rainfall   New innovative research has found that for England […]