26 Oct 2016
Letter to trading standards body calls for manufacturers to remove ‘misleading’ labelling to prevent wipes from blocking sewers and washing up on beaches Business Green: ‘UK water companies are urging the national trading standards body to help stamp out “misleading” labelling on disposable wet wipes that are marketed as flushable but clog up drains and […]
26 Oct 2016
‘The House of Lords’ EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has launched a short inquiry on environment and climate change policy after Brexit. The first evidence session will take place on Wednesday this week and will hear evidence from leading academics and NGOs. The UK has previously pursued an ambitious climate change policy through its EU […]
26 Oct 2016
EU funding secured for partnership initiative to increase flood resilience The National Flood Forum, in partnership with the Rivers Trust, have secured funding to work together to reduce flood risk in parts of the UK. The aim is to understand and reduce residual flood risk through a combination of measures. In the case of the […]
26 Oct 2016
US Incentive Programme – $30 to every household to save at least 10% water 2016 vs 2015 Connecticut Water’s innovative Water Drop Challenge (WDC) has resulted in a saving of nearly 9 million gallons of water (approx. 34 million litres) in the first half of 2016! The WDC is a voluntary water conservation program that […]
24 Oct 2016
Seafish: ‘CLG Brexit Special on Friday 7 October. Seafish organised this Common Language Group (CLG) ‘special’ event to explore the potential issues and opportunities that leaving the EU could have for the seafood sector. Seafish lined up expert speakers from across the seafood supply chain to talk about key areas such as trade, regulation, marine governance, […]
24 Oct 2016
The Angling Trust has published a comprehensive report calling for far greater protection for Britain’s estuaries and for a radical overhaul of the outdated rules governing inshore netting, which is doing huge damage to juvenile fish stocks and endangering the survival of important species such as bass, mullet, salmon and seatrout. The dossier, Inshore Netting […]
24 Oct 2016
BirdLife International proposes protected status for area of the Atlantic identified as vital for marine biodiversity. BirdLife International has presented a proposal to create a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) under OSPAR, the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. If accepted by OSPAR, the MPA will be the first […]
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