Inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah
The Coroner’s inquest into the role of air pollution in the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who died in 2013, has concluded today.
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Channel 4 on planting on peat bogs
In today’s blog we look at an interview with Forestry Commission Chair Sir William Worsley for a Channel 4 feature on peat bogs.
Government seeks views on protecting endangered shark species
Today we look at the announcement that greater protections for species of sharks will be considered through a new call for evidence to understand the scale of the shark fin trade in the UK.
New funding for tree planting as National Tree Week comes to a close
Today, as National Tree Week comes to a close, we look at coverage in titles such as the Times, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mail of two recent announcements of new funding for tree planting.
Guardian article on water pollution incident visits
The Guardian has published an article today suggesting the Environment Agency (EA) has attended dramatically fewer water pollution incidents during the coronavirus pandemic, which the paper says raises concerns that the crisis is allowing companies to “break environmental regulations with impunity”.
Plans unveiled to end live animal exports for slaughter and fattening
Today we look at widespread national and regional coverage of the government’s plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening.
The Path to Sustainable Farming
There has been extensive coverage of our announcement of plans for the agricultural transition period on the front pages of the Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian this morning. This has also been reported in the Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Express, the I, Western Daily Press, Western Morning News, Yorkshire Post, Farmers Guardian, Farmers Weekly, Horticulture Week, the Northern Farmer, and Agriland.
National Tree Week 2020 commences
National Tree Week has kicked off this year with positive coverage in the Daily Mail encouraging readers to plant a tree. Now it its 45th year, the event kicks off winter tree-planting season, the best time to plant young trees.
NAO report on flood risk
This morning, there is coverage of a report by the National Audit Office into Defra and the Environment Agency’s work to manage flood risk across England. The report points out that the proportion of flood funding going to deprived areas …
Government upholds manifesto commitment to maintain current budgets for our farmers
Following yesterday’s (25 November) Spending Review, titles such as The Scotsman, Nation Cymru, The Pig Site and Financial Times have reported on concerns over continued funding to protect and maintain the current budgets of our farmers.