New Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog warns of impending tipping points and demands action from UK Government.
… Environment in 'precarious' state says … Beament | 13th May 2022 | News Office For Environmental Protection UK Government Brexit … Economics 2.28847856.jpg New Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog warns …
Natural Capital Committee finds five of seven areas examined - freshwater, marine, soils, plants and wildlife and land - are deteriorating.
… decline despite targets to improve the environment, an expert committee has warned. … how to deliver on the pledge to improve the environment in a generation, found no area was … and wildlife and land, England’s natural environment is deteriorating, the committee …
The Environment Agency's Emma Howard Boyd and Natural England chairman Tony Juniper demand 'sustainable industrial revolution'.
… Environment Agency calls for green … Emily Beament | 2nd August 2019 News Environment Agency EA Emma Howard Boyd Natural … Breakdown Thought Leaders full_38140.jpg The Environment Agency's Emma Howard Boyd and …
Public Accounts Committee slams Tory government for 'disappointing' progress on its own 2018 25-year environment plan.
… Boris 'painfully slow' on environment Emily Beament | 3rd February 2021 | News 25 Year Environment Plan UK Government Boris Johnson … progress on its own 2018 25-year environment plan. “Painfully slow” progress …
The UK Government delays passage of the The Environment Bill, not expected to become law until autumn.
… Environmental legislation delay ‘deeply … Emily Beament | 26th January 2021 | News Environment Act UK Government Wildlife Trusts … The UK Government delays passage of the The Environment Bill, not expected to become law …
So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit
… being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and … it represents an unacceptable risk to the environment. So be it shale gas, which we’ve … it needs to grow that any concern about the environment, or human health, or the future …
A coalition of 41 UK environment groups warns that the Government is failing to deliver nearly a third of its natural environment commitments, despite huge public support for action for nature, wildlife and the countryside.
… Natural World Politics A coalition of 41 UK environment groups warns that the Government … to deliver nearly a third of its natural environment commitments, despite huge public … Government's performance in protecting our environment has come under scrutiny in Nature …
The Environment Bill has been reintroduced to Parliament with new powers to stop plastic rubbish exports to less developed countries.
… | 30th January 2020 News Change Makers Environment Bill Plastic Pollution Air Pollution Office Of Environmental Protection … The Environment Bill has been reintroduced to … under new legislation to protect the environment. The Environment Bill has been …
Environment Agency report on water companies found serious pollution incidents in England increased.
… Emily Beament | 18th July 2019 News Environment Agency Water Pollution Water Companies Environment Secretary DEFRA 33184978146_5c6cb7f777_z.jpg Environment Agency report on water companies …
Heads of Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry Commission call for greater government investment in green measures to reboot the economy.
… Economics Climate Breakdown Natural England Environment Agency Forestry Commission … s960_tony_juniper_960x640.jpg Heads of Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry … calls for a green recovery from the pandemic. Environment Agency chairwoman Emma Howard …
Agency calls on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals
… Environment Agency demands tougher fines for … Recycling Pollution Health rivertrent.jpg The Environment Agency are still investigating the … wiped out thousands of fish, says the UK's environment watchdog. The number of cases of …
Opinionated and outspoken, often wildly at odds with the government’s line, the UK’s environment minister Michael Meacher is, by his own reckoning, a lone voice in the wilderness.
… | 20th March 2001 News Michael Meacher Environment Minister UK Politic Nuclear … at odds with the government’s line, the UK’s environment minister Michael Meacher is, by … down the steps of the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs a car …
Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, tells the Ecologist Film Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........
… Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, … are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........ Ecologist: … it represents an unacceptable risk to the environment. So be it shale gas, which we’ve …
GMB, the union for staff at the Environment Agency, is warning thatcutting 1,700 jobs will increase the risk of flooding and threaten the good management of England's water resources.
… Union warns: 1,700 job losses at Environment Agency will increase flood risk … Regulation GMB, the union for staff at the Environment Agency, is warning thatcutting … "short-sighted" austerity measures in the Environment Agency that will cull 10% of …
The Fisheries Bill creates powers for UK to operate as independent coastal state and manage its fish stocks.
… December 2020. Stocks But Sarah Denman, an UK environment lawyer at ClientEarth, said the … sustainably for the benefit of the marine environment and coastal communities. "In the … to protect, preserve and restore our marine environment." Patrick Killoran at Greener UK …
Nearly a year ago at the height of the UK floods, tragedy struck an ordinary family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. Now the authorities appear determined to exculpate the source of the poison - an old landfill site - even as they prepare for a massive increase in hazardous waste from fracking.
… fracking and the lethal threat of Environment Agency neglect Talk Fracking The … contaminated land - but this did not show in environmental searches. Zane's parents bought the house in 2004, when an environmental report showed no land …
Greenland's first female prime minister is on a modernising drive to prosperity and independence, But will the combination of melting glaciers, oil, mining projects and mass immigration bring wealth or destruction?
… reliant on ice." A cautious respect for the environment is deeply engrained in the … protect that ... Protecting the Greenlandic environment has always been a top priority for … must be taken to ensure this." A friendly environment for business I met her at the …
Experts from across the continent attending the Sustainable and Healthy New Towns Conference in Barking have concluded what's good for the environment is good for people too.
… are healthier for humans - as well as the environment The Ecologist | 1st September 2016 News Green Spaces Environment Wellbeing Green Living Room green … in Barking have concluded what's good for the environment is good for people too. Some 100 …
'We can't win a war against water by building away climate change with infinitely high flood defences.'
… | 9th May 2019 News Climate Breakdown Floods Environment Agency dims.jpeg 'We can't win a … defences in the face of climate change, the Environment Agency has said. But Environment Agency chairwoman Emma Howard Boyd …
How can we be healthy on a sick planet? Especially when many still believe that health is unaffected by what is in the environment. These organisations could save your life
… 10 groups campaigning for a healthier environment The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 Activism Clean Land Environmental Working Group Women’s Environmental Network Mast Sanity Natural …
Coasts have a therapeutic effect on people, boosting wellbeing and mental health says Defra.
… 46 peer-reviewed papers and published by the Environment Department (Defra) said. People … time by the sea, compared to other natural environments, the study said. The review also … on the beaches and shores. It warns the environment around the coasts is affected by …
A decade of 'diminishing' regulation funding puts pressure on water pollution enforcement.
… in government funding has put pressure on Environment Agency efforts to take action … said prosecution of companies for breaking environmental rules was one of the “key … the overall government grant for the agency’s environmental work – including enforcement – …
Personal allowances would allow equitable use of carbon says the head of the Environment Agency
… Carbon rationing on the agenda says environment chief The Ecologist | 9th November … equitable use of carbon says the head of the Environment Agency Carbon allowances should be … carbon in the future, the head of the Environment Agency has said. Speaking at the …
Lord Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, joins the calls for a gas 'fracking' boom, saying it would provide 'energy security'
… Environment chief backs gas 'fracking' and … in Blackpool Lord Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, joins the calls for a gas … provide 'energy security' The head of the UK Environment Agency has given his public …