|
News, analysis and comment about air management and control, water and sustainability management and environmental issues related to land and development, delivered to your inbox, weekly.
|
|
|
|
|
How lockdown has changed the UK’s environmental regulators
|
30 Jul 2020
Regulators had to adapt to new working conditions during lockdown and while some aspects were challenging, others were improved, prompting them to consider changing the way they work permanently. David Burrows reports
|
|
|
|
|
|
How red kites paved the way for rewilding
|
03 Aug 2020
As the UK celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first red kite reintroductions, the programme is still influencing conservation policy, finds Catherine Early
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EA chief signals departure from Water Framework Directive rules
Environment Agency chief Sir James Bevan has signalled his support for the reform of key aspects of environmental regulation and said red tape must not hinder a ‘green recovery’
|
|
|
|
Natural England commits to planning overhaul
Natural England will reform its planning, licensing and monitoring activities as part of a new strategy which will try to reverse the precipitous decline in the quality of sites of special scientific interest by partnering with landowners
|
|
|
|
‘Sigourney Beaver’ released on Cornish estate
A Eurasian beaver called Sigourney has been released in Bodmin Moor as part of a new rewilding project in Cornwall
|
|
|
|
UK experiencing ‘undeniable warming trend’, says Met Office
Climate change is “exerting an increasing impact on the UK’s climate” and combined with natural variability is altering temperatures, rainfall, snow, sunshine, sea level and tree leafing dates, according to a new Met Office report
|
|
|
|
Hillingdon Council wins appeal over HS2 mitigation site
The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision requiring Hillingdon Borough Council to approve an application to carry out works related to the High Speed 2 rail link on a site with archeological importance
|
|
|
|
England’s largest landowners failing to plant enough trees, finds report
Some of the biggest institutional landowners in England, including the Duchy of Cornwall and the Church of England, have levels of woodland cover on their land lower than the national average, according to Friends of the Earth
|
|
|
|
‘Gross oversimplification’: Jenrick’s planning reforms dismay green groups
The government’s plans to automatically greenlight house building in zones earmarked for development have been criticised by environmentalists as a ‘gross oversimplification’ of the planning process, but housing secretary Robert Jenrick says the plans will deliver ‘environmentally friendly’ homes from the outset
|
|
|
|
Development near ancient woodland rejected on air quality grounds
A planning appeal for 65 homes near ancient woodlands in Devon has been thrown out by the planning inspector because the developer failed to assess the impacts air pollution could have on ancient woodlands.
|
|
|
|
Net zero: Tree planting plans undermined by peatland emissions
Carbon emissions from the UK’s degraded peatlands threaten to outstrip the extra carbon absorbed by swathes of new woodland that the government intends to plant, according to an analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity
|
|
|
|
Farm building logjam in protected sites cut in half as ammonia limits rolled back
A backlog of farming planning applications in Northern Ireland has been cut in half after an agriculture minister advised planning authorities to base applications on old aerial ammonia limits, despite evidence showing EU-protected sites are awash with excess nutrient pollution
|
|
|
|
Sign up to our daily bulletin
Get more great articles like this straight to your inbox, Monday - Friday
|
| SIGN UP |
|
EIA Benchmarking Monitor
Track EIA activity on the biggest infrastructure projects in England and Wales
|
| LAUNCH |
|
|
|
|
