24 Sep 2026
Image description: A flooded town under a grey sky, taken during the Bingley Boxing Day floods in 2015. Photo by Chris Gallagher on Unsplash A growing threat to critical infrastructure The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched a call for evidence as part of its wider inquiry into climate adaptation and emergency response, […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Blue and white Thames Water logo on side of van EFRA committee’s verdict on the creditor bid The cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has published a report urging the government to reject the £10bn takeover proposal put forward by London & Valley Water (L&VW), a consortium of more than 100 […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Aerial image of a water treatment tanks. Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash A £6m new sewage centre, the first of its kind in the UK, reportedly “supercharges” the process of treating waste, according to Severn Trent (ST). The BBC reports that Monkhouse Sewage Treatment, which operates outside Shrewsbury, treats and cleans […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Close up of a computer screen displaying stock market charts. Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash According to new CDP analysis of disclosures on water from over 6500 companies , published in their report titled Water, Trade and Capital: How water is reshaping geopolitics, supply chains and financial risk, only a fifth […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Panoramic views of yellowed fields Hertfordshire’s rural heartland. Photo by Jan Kraus on Unsplash Wildlife in England and Wales will be affected by the current drought for years to come, the government has said. The warnings come following the latest meeting of the National Drought Group of ministers, officials, water companies, […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Michel Stockman Fishermen across England can now apply for grant support towards new engines and gearboxes under an expanded Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced. The scheme, funded from the £132m committed to the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund over the next five years, is intended to […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Ben Wicks A formal consultation has opened on plans to remove the topsides of the Ninian Central Platform (NCP), one of the North Sea’s oldest and largest structures, as CNR International (U.K.) Limited (CNRI) begins the next phase of decommissioning the Ninian field. The draft Decommissioning Programme, published for consultation from 17 September, […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Rob Webbon Plans to manufacture floating offshore wind foundations at the Port of Ardersier in the Highlands have taken a step forward after Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) approved more than £778,000 in Scottish Government funding for an 18-month front-end engineering design study. The money, secured with support from Scottish Enterprise’s international arm, will […]
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