01 Apr 2025
A conservation group is challenging the UK government in a London court over dozens of North Sea oil and gas exploration licenses that it says could put marine protected areas and climate stability at risk. Oceana UK said licenses granted by the previous Conservative government in May 2024 were unlawful as they don’t account for […]
01 Apr 2025
The UK government’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) intends to establish a Marine Recovery Fund (MRF) for use by relevant offshore wind activity across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Once operational, it will be a voluntary mechanism that organisations undertaking relevant offshore wind activities (such as developers or plan promoters) can pay […]
01 Apr 2025
The Blue Marine Foundation will appeal a ruling by the UK’s High Court that dismissed its challenge to the government’s fishing quota allocation system, which the conservation group claims has led to the collapse of fish populations and the decline of coastal communities. Blue Marine went to court at the start of March 2025 to argue […]
27 Mar 2025
A new report from Public First has urged the Chancellor to commit at least £1.5 Bn annually on flood defences in the spending review, with no current funding commitment from the Labour government on flood defences beyond April 2026. Image description: A house and powerlines submerged in water. Image by Wes Warren The […]
27 Mar 2025
Raw sewage was released into England’s rivers and seas for a record 3.61 million hours last year as Labour calls the new figures “disgraceful”. The Rivers Trust analysis of Environment Agency spill data counted 450,398 discharges. While the number of sewage spills by water companies marginally decreased compared to 2023, each spill lasted longer on […]
27 Mar 2025
Image description: Running water coming out of three faucets. Image by Pixabay. Hundreds of hectares of peatland is being restored in a project which aims to prevent Glasgow’s tap water turning brown during extreme rain. Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, supplies water to 1.3 million homes […]
27 Mar 2025
Image description: Two laptops with charts and reports. Image by Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich / Pexels. The record-breaking eighth asset management period (AMP8) comes at a critical time for the water sector in England and Wales. Next month AMP8 will begin its roll-out, which includes a doubling of capital works, while consumer bills are […]
27 Mar 2025
Image description: Overlapping pound notes. Image by Pixabay. Ofwat, the UK’s water regulator, has announced bonuses for water bosses in England could be banned this year for companies that spill sewage, break the law or mismanage their finances. New powers under the Water (Special Measures) Act mean the regulator can ban bonuses of water […]
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