18 May 2016
River diverted to reduce flood risk Environment Agency ‘Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency began the £7 million joint flood reduction scheme in October 2014. The Brunton Park scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to more than 100 properties in Mitford Gardens, Princes Close, Fairway Close, Princes Road, Waterbury Road and Clayworth Road. Diverting […]
18 May 2016
The Environment Agency has published an independent report commissioned to investigate how water got into the Foss Barrier Pumping Station in York on 26 December 2015. On Boxing Day, more than 600 homes and businesses were affected when exceptionally high rainfall and river levels led to extensive flooding in the city of York. The Environment […]
17 May 2016
Mary Creagh MP, has written to DEFRA Secretary of State, Liz Truss MP & Matthew Hancock of the Cabinet Office, to raise concerns about the ‘chilling effect’ that an anti-lobbying clause in research grant conditions could have on select committee scrutiny. See links below. Letter from Mary Creagh to Elizabeth Truss ( PDF 37 KB) […]
17 May 2016
The Department of Communities and Local Government have announced that round 4 of the Coastal Communities Fund is due to be launched during the week commencing 23 May. Ahead of its launch the BIG Lottery Fund are holding a series of pre-application webinars to provide further information regarding the application process. Applicants can register for […]
17 May 2016
Business Green: Norwegian firm Statoil set to start construction of ‘world’s largest’ floating wind farm in the coming months after securing sea bed lease. Construction work is set to begin later this year on what will be the world’s largest floating wind farm, after the project was granted a seabed lease by the Crown Estate […]
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 […]
17 May 2016
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