11 Jul 2014

Concerns are being raised about this bill not least in relation to the ‘transfer of public land to the Government Homes and Communities Agency will relatively few strings. This looks like re-igniting the forest sell-off campaign issue. Planning Portal  ‘The new legislation which changes the management of major roads, streamlines the planning process for major […]

11 Jul 2014

REA   July 8th  ‘The Crown Estate has boosted the UK wave and tidal sector today by confirming leasing agreements for new wave and tidal stream energy sites, as well as plans for a future leasing round for tidal range projects.   The leasing agreements announced today [1] will help bring forward five new wave and […]

07 Jul 2014

The false balance issue has been long recognized in the climate change debate – now some action by the BBC has been taken to redress this.   LSE Press release 26 June, 2014  ‘Responding to the decision by the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit to uphold a complaint about an interview with Lord Lawson on climate […]

07 Jul 2014

Met Office:  Extreme summer rainfall may become more frequent in the UK due to climate change, according to new research led by the Met Office in collaboration with Newcastle University. The new study, from the joint Met Office and NERC funded CONVEX project, uses a state-of-the-art climate model providing the first evidence that hourly summer […]