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Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3)
2024-03-13 (or before) in GOV.UKThis report sets out the actions that government and others will take to adapt to the impacts of climate change from 2023 to 2028.
Tagged under: Climate Change Adaption | UK
Further wet weather raises fears of harvest catastrophe - Farmers Weekly
2024-03-12 in Farmers WeeklyFurther heavy rainfall over the last fortnight is increasing farmers’ concerns of an impending harvest catastrophe. Following relentless rain since
Tagged under: Food Production and Consumption | Collapse | UK | Agriculture
More cows kept in UK ‘megafarms’, animal welfare campaigners warn
2024-08-13 in BBCCampaigners warn more cows could be spending their entire productive lives indoors.
Tagged under: Agriculture | UK
Will this government buck the trend and hold private water companies to account?
2024-08-01 in express.co.ukThames Water have so far avoided accountability for its sewage pollution at the expense of the UK bill payer but it's time we got justice, says Ashley Smith.
Tagged under: UK | UK Politics | Water Resources
Sewage pollution warnings at 11 Cornwall beaches today after heavy rain - Cornwall Live
2024-07-21 by in Cornwall LiveTagged under: Capitalism | Pollution | UK | Water Resources
UK must 'war game' future food security risks - ARU
2024-07-15 (or before) in University courses at ARU | Anglia Ruskin University - ARUProfessor Aled Jones’ recommendations are adopted by Committee of MPs
Tagged under: UK | Food Production and Consumption | Famine and Food Insecurity | Risks
Thames Water hit with £39m of penalties after missing regulatory targets
2024-07-12 in The GuardianPerformance report shows debt-laden company missed 21 targets in areas from pollution to supply interruption
Tagged under: UK | Water Resources | Pollution
Owner of under fire South West Water appoints new chair - South West
2024-06-10 in thebusinessdesk.comCompany bosses were described as incompetent following sickness outbreak
Tagged under: UK | Water Resources
Tick attack: BBC hunts for tiny bloodsuckers as diseases rise
2024-06-08 in The BBCA closer look at the tiny, disease-carrying pests that are becoming more common in the UK.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | UK | Disease
North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’
2024-05-24 in The GuardianPFAS contamination recorded in groundwater on Angus Fire site in Bentham, and includes chemicals with known health impacts
Tagged under: UK | Health | PFAS aka Forever Chemicals
Extinction Rebellion among groups set to protest at Biba conference
2024-5-7 in insurancetimes.co.uk'There will be dramatic performances to get across the message,' says protester
Tagged under: UK | Insurance | Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Farmer confidence at an all-time low, NFU data reveals
2024-5-5 in thegrocer.co.ukThe Farmer Confidence Survey showed short and mid-term confidence is at its lowest since records began in 2010
Tagged under: UK | Collapse | Agriculture
Statement on the outcome of Dr Sarah Benn’s hearing
2024-04-23 (or before) in gmc-uk.orgA GMC Website page that might be of interest to you.
RWE starts building 330 MW of UK solar – pv magazine International
2024-03-14 (or before) in pv magazine InternationalRWE has commenced construction of 330 MW of solar capacity across seven sites in the United Kingdom. Two of the sites will include co-located battery storage (BESS), while the other five projects will be designed for future storage integration.
Tagged under: UK | Solar Energy
UK plans to adapt to climate crisis ‘fall far short’ of what is required
2024-03-13 in The GuardianGovernment has no credible plan for effects of extreme weather, says Committee on Climate Change
Tagged under: UK | UK Politics | Climate Change Adaption | Committee on Climate Change UK
Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3)
2024-03-13 (or before) in GOV.UKThis report sets out the actions that government and others will take to adapt to the impacts of climate change from 2023 to 2028.
Tagged under: Climate Change Adaption | UK
Further wet weather raises fears of harvest catastrophe - Farmers Weekly
2024-03-12 in Farmers WeeklyFurther heavy rainfall over the last fortnight is increasing farmers’ concerns of an impending harvest catastrophe. Following relentless rain since
Tagged under: Food Production and Consumption | Collapse | UK | Agriculture
Thames Water accused of ‘misleading’ customers over level of debt payments
2024-03-12 in The GuardianBritain’s biggest water company said just 3p in every pound that appeared on bills went to its lenders
Tagged under: UK | Water Resources | Finance
Major project to harness Bristol Channel tidal power begins - Bristol Live
2024-03-12 (or before) by Tristan Cork in The Bristol PostTagged under: UK | Tidal Energy
Analysis: UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest level since 1879 - Carbon Brief
2024-03-11 by in Carbon BriefThe UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7% in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.
Tagged under: Net Zero | Greenhouse Gases | UK | Climate Data
UK government must kick-start the construction of large-scale electricity storage or fail to meet legal binding net zero targets by 2050, warns Royal Society report | Royal Society
2024-03-11 (or before) in The Royal Society‘Large-scale electricity storage’ report examines a wide variety of ways to store surplus wind and solar generated electricity which will be needed when Great Britain’s supply is dominated by volatile wind and solar power.
Tagged under: Batteries | Energy Storage | UK | Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid | Wind Power
Offshore versus onshore: The underestimated impact of onshore wind and solar photovoltaics for the energy transition of the British Isles
2024-03-11 (or before) in ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe total annualised system costs can decrease to 63 b€ and a levelised cost of electricity of 40 €/MWh if onshore wind and solar photovoltaics are allowed to be built to a higher extend. High levels of electrification and sector coupling are the main reasons for decreasing primary energy demand. The multiple risks of nuclear technology can be avoided if dedicated action towards 100% renewable energy is taken.
Tagged under: UK | Nuclear Power | Wind Power | Solar Energy | Renewable Energy
Bank of Ireland to help fund Scottish wind farm
2024-03-11 in The Irish TimesLender providing €65.9m towards Moray West development
Tagged under: Ireland | UK | Wind Power
Price cap to increase by £693 from April
2024-03-11 (or before) in ofgem.gov.ukThe energy price cap will increase from 1 April for approximately 22 million customers.
Anglian Water set to invest £50m to stop sewage spills
2024-03-11 in East Anglian Daily TimesSuffolk homes' supplier Anglian Water will invest £50m to help stop sewage spills.
Tagged under: Water Resources | UK
Mersey Tidal Power: Plans for multibillion-pound barrage connecting Liverpool and Wirral unveiled
2024-03-11 in Business GreenTidal barrage connecting Liverpool and Wirral announced as the preferred option to harness renewable energy from the River Mersey
Tagged under: UK | Tidal Energy | Rivers | Renewable Energy
Warmest February on record for England and Wales
2024-03-11 (or before) in Met Office UKEngland and Wales had their respective warmest Februarys on record according to provisional Met Office statistics in what was a mild and wet month for many.
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | UK
Teddington: Water samples to be taken after concerns of possible sewage
2024-03-10 in The BBCResidents near Teddington Lock said they saw what looked like "brown lumps of porridge" in the water.
Tagged under: UK | Water Resources
Coastal erosion: Expert says moving all cliff homes is unthinkable
2024-03-10 in The BBCSome people think the way to combat coastal erosion might be not to move - but to move their house.
Public supports 'greater and greener' development, poll reveals
2024-03-09 in Business GreenBright Blue urges government to 'get building' after survey reveals high levels of support for green housing and clean energy development
Tagged under: UK | Public Opinion
Warning as major supermarkets could see empty shelves of staple vegetable this summer - Mirror Online
2024-03-08 by in The MirrorTagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Agriculture | UK
Somerset Levels farming may become 'unsustainable' due to floods
2024-03-08 in The BBCAlan Franks' family has been in dairy farming since the 1950s but he now fears for his business.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | UK | Agriculture | Flooding | Cattle and Dairy Farming
50MW Norfolk solar farm to bring 176% biodiversity gain
2024-03-08 by in Solar Power PortalDowning Renewable Developments has received planning consent for a 49.9MW solar farm in Norfolk, set to bring a biodiversity net gain of 176%.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | UK | Renewable Energy
On the wrong track: 1,000 trains cancelled a day as Britain's railways crumble
2024-03-07 by in inews.co.uk'Rail passengers are expected to pay more for less,' passengers say as the figures show performance keeps declining
Tagged under: UK | Public Transport | Trains
UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge
2024-03-07 in The GuardianPotential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain
Tagged under: UK | Renewable Energy | Wind Power
EADT Opinion: Nuclear Industry Should Learn to Deliver Projects on Budget and Time - Stop Sizewell C
2024-03-07 by in stopsizewellc.orgIt’s been quite a start to the year. Firstly Energy Minister Andrew Bowie visited Suffolk for the triggering of Sizewell C’s legal planning mechanism – the Development Consent Order – a step we considered wholly premature given that a Final Investment Decision is still some months away. Someone had thought it would be nice if … Continue reading EADT Opinion: Nuclear Industry Should Learn to Deliver Projects on Budget and Time →
Tagged under: UK | Nuclear Power
UK Government Holds its Nerve on Heat Pumps as Clean Heat Policy Confirmed
2024-03-07 by in DeSmogA cornerstone of the UK’s plans to slash the use of gas in home heating has survived a bitter backlash from the gas boiler sector. Speaking in the House of Lords yesterday, energy efficiency minister Martin Callanan brought an end to months of speculation when he announced that a plan to ramp up heat pump […]
Tagged under: UK | Heat Pumps
Streets and gardens 'overwhelmed' by sewage - residents vent fury at Southern Water
2024-03-05 in Brighton ArgusResidents say they continue to face sewage flowing through their streets as drainage issues continue to blight neighbourhoods across Sussex.
Tagged under: UK | Water Resources
Wave energy to have a key role in realising the UK’s net zero ambitions
2024-03-05 in corpowerocean.comNew study on UK Net Zero energy transition released by LUT University, Finland
Tagged under: UK | Net Zero | Tidal Energy | Oceans
Just 131 shoots & game farms rear and release 6.2million pheasants
2024-03-05 in whoownsengland.orgImage: a pheasant rearing farm in Buckinghamshire. This post is by Guy Shrubsole; big thanks to Lewis Winks for GIS mapping skills. New official data that I've obtained via a Freedom of Information request shows that just 131 shoots and game farms are responsible for rearing and releasing a staggering 6.2 million pheasants in England.…
Tagged under: UK | Birds | Agriculture
Now judges are threatening JURIES with criminal charges during protester trials
2024-03-04 by in The CanaryJudge Reid is fast becoming notorious: climate denial and now jury-threatening, but his attitude reflect increasing state authoritarianism
Tagged under: Law and Legal Profession | UK | Activism
British farmers say 'shocking' levels of floods are pushing them to the brink | ITV News
2024-03-01 in ITVHeavy periods of rain this autumn and winter have decimated farms around the UK, with some saying their land has been constantly submerged since October. | ITV National News
Tagged under: Food Production and Consumption | UK | Flooding | Agriculture
Long Duration Energy Storage Could Cut Cost of GB Power System by up to £24 Billion
2024-01-13 (or before) in Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalismNew analysis by LCP Delta and published within the consultation on 'Designing a policy framework to enable investment in long duration electricity storage' from the Department for En...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | UK | Energy Storage | Batteries | Electricity
Jeremy Hunt’s net zero target claims criticised by climate advisers
2024-01-07 in The GuardianClimate Change Committee tells chancellor issuing new oil and gas licenses is ‘inconsistent’ with government’s temperature goals
Tagged under: Legislation | UK Politics | UK | Oil Industry | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Committee on Climate Change UK
Labour accuses Sunak of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over flood warnings
2024-01-05 in The Guardian‘Significant’ impact of surface water and river flooding continues across England, as showers forecast for Friday
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | UK Politics | UK | Flooding | Rivers
Storm Henk-hit farmers call for stronger river defences
2024-01-04 (or before) in The BBCThousands of acres of crops and productive farmland are under water thanks to Storm Henk's flooding.
Tagged under: UK | Flooding | Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Extreme Rainfall | Farming | Adaptation | Rivers
Chris Packham calls for halt to ‘catastrophic’ expansion of Scottish salmon farms
2023-12-11 in The GuardianBroadcaster and RSPCA president says moratorium needed as mortality rates jump, while activists question charity’s role in certifying farms
Tagged under: Fish | UK | Salmon | Activism
Met Office Climate Dashboard
2023-10-13 (or before) in climate.metoffice.cloudClimate dashboard
Tagged under: UK | Climate Data
Outgoing Flood Re Chair urges urgent action to adapt to climate change - Reinsurance News
2023-07-14 by in Reinsurance NewsMark Hoban, former City Minister and outgoing Chair of Flood Re, has issued a stark warning, emphasising the urgent need for the UK to adapt to climate
Tagged under: Flooding | Insurance | UK | Adaptation
The Saga of America and Britain’s Eerily Similar Self-Inflicted Collapse | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2023-06-11 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoWhy Are Two of the World’s Richest and Most Powerful Countries in Such Deep Trouble?
Tagged under: Collapse | USA | UK
How livestock grazing is preventing the return of rainforests to the UK and Ireland
2023-02-13 in The WeekMost of the UK and Ireland’s grass-fed cows and sheep are on land that might otherwise be temperate rainforest
Tagged under: Rewilding | UK | Rainforests | Agriculture
Daily Mail and Telegraph produce 'least accurate climate coverage'
2021-08-18 in The London EconomicRight-wing UK newspapers have some of the least accurate climate change articles in the English-speaking world.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | UK | Media | Disinformation and Misinformation
State of the UK Climate 2020
2021-07-29 (or before) in Royal Meteorological Society PublicationsThis report provides a summary of the UK weather and climate through the calendar year 2020, alongside the historical context for a number of essential climate variables. This is the seventh in a se...
Tagged under: Climate Data | UK
The stark truth about UK government climate action: there is no one in charge
2020-03-12 (or before) by in The ConversationThe Committee on Climate Change criticises slow progress, but has little to say about how to reconfigure government to make climate action a priority.
Tagged under: Committee on Climate Change UK | UK Politics | UK | Climate Change
Chronicle of a Grassland Saved
2020-02-21 in A new nature blogFor those of us of a certain age, The Milky Bar Kid was part of our childhood. A boy, dressed as a cowboy, implored us to eat white chocolate – which was not particularly popular back then. …
Tagged under: Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming | UK | Grasslands | Conservation
UK must prepare for more intense storms, climate scientists say
2020-02-17 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianGovernment urged to create more natural drainage systems to cope with impact of crisis
Tagged under: Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Predictions | UK | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
The class war election - Election Analysis
2020-01-07 (or before) in UK Election Analysis 2019 - Election Analysis from CPMR at BUProf Des Freedman Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Goldsmiths University of London. Email: D.Freedman@gold.ac.uk Twitter: @lazebnic Class war dominated this election. Of course, psephologists, academics, columnists, voters and non-voters will point to multiple reasons to explain the overwhelming Conservative majority: Brexit fatigue, Corbyn’s leadership, a bloated Labour manifesto, cultural realignment and media bias. […]
Tagged under: UK Politics | Media | UK
York to ban private car journeys from city centre within three years
2019-12-31 in The GuardianCity councillors unveil ‘unashamedly ambitious’ goal to cut carbon emissions
Tagged under: Cities | Transport | UK | Cars
Analysis: UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first time - Carbon Brief
2019-10-13 in Carbon BriefIn the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than coal, oil and gas put together.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | UK | Renewable Energy | Coal | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity
From Top Gear to the top field: how Jeremy Clarkson became an eco-friendly farmer
2019-05-27 in The GuardianThe former Top Gear presenter has cultivated his petrolhead image for years, but a recent interview lifts the lid on his Earth-loving side
Tagged under: Farming | Agriculture | Conservation | UK
Solar households expected to give away power to energy firms
2018-12-18 by Adam Vaughan in The GuardianGovernment confirms anyone who adds solar from April 2019 will not be paid for excess electricity exported to grid
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | UK | Electricity | Solar Energy | Electricity Grid
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