The Strategic Policy Statement (SPS), which was laid in Parliament in February, sets out to Ofwat as the economic regulator its expectations for the sector over the next five year spending cycle and beyond.
Actions include producing a new national assessment of flood risk, an updated national coastal erosion risk map and new long term investment scenarios, to better inform future investment decisions.
On Thursday 2 June, Fisheries Minister Victoria Prentis provided an update regarding the investigation into huge numbers of crabs and lobsters washed up along the coast of the North East last year.
Among the 50 projects successful in the second round of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund include those to restore and rewet peatlands, create green urban spaces and improve flood resilience.
Allegations that burning has taken place on protected deep peatlands in contravention of Defra regulations.
Today we are looking at media coverage of Defra’s planned introduction of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) bill
Today we are looking at media coverage around our Natural England announcement of the declaration of a vast new ‘super nature reserve’ spanning across large parts of Somerset, created to protect rare wildlife and aid nature recovery.
On today's blog we look at coverage around the development of a world-first, environmentally-friendly technique for catching scallops - supported by the UK Government’s Seafood Innovation Fund.
Today we are looking at coverage of the government response to the EAC report into water quality in rivers.
Today we are looking at coverage of the start of the 2022 bathing water season and Minister Pow’s trip to a newly-designated bathing site in Oxford.