When the external environment is chaotic, leadership behavior becomes more visible as employees look to it for stability. getty In uncertain times, leadership doesn’t just carry more responsibility—it carries more meaning. As conditions intensify, leaders make faster decisions with less context, while employees look for stability. The result is a widening gap between what leaders…
An interdisciplinary group of researchers in the south central United States is visiting existing strawberry growing operations to evaluate a pathway to greater production quantity and quality using controlled environment growing methods Introduction Strawberries rank among the most popular fresh fruits within the US, and consumers expect fresh strawberries year-round. Strawberries are enjoyed for their…
Most Australians now understand the basic promise of rooftop solar: lower power bills, cleaner electricity and, for some households, the option to charge an electric vehicle at home for far less than the cost of petrol. But that promise was built around a particular kind of housing – the detached house with a privately controlled…
Almost 40% of England’s seas are designated as marine protected areas. Their purpose, the government says, is “to protect and recover rare threatened and important marine ecosystems … from damage caused by human activities”. And yet in the four years to 2024, trawlers using vast nets, including those that scour the seabed, caught more than…
More drilling in the North Sea would do nothing to improve the UK’s energy security, former military leaders have said, as a new analysis finds no fossil fuel importer is safe from chokepoints in the global supply chain. The government should focus on a rapid transition to a mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear…
THE Environment Agency (EA) has told South West Water to fix scores of faults discovered at sites across Devon over the past year. Source link
The Environment Agency, Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) can confirm that the Holtec SMR-300 nuclear reactor design has successfully completed Step 2 of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA). Step 2 began in August 2024 and involved a comprehensive and rigorous regulatory assessment examining the fundamental adequacy of the reactor design and its safety, security, safeguards and environmental protection documentation. The assessment has concluded with the issuing of two GDA…
Environment Agency Water Industry Regulation teams have carried out over 1,800 inspections of Severn Trent Water’s wastewater sites, contributing to the Environment Agency’s 10,000 annual water company inspections target for the year. Water industry regulators, including newly formed teams recruited over the past two years to drive improvements in the water industry, have been inspecting…
Historic Environment Scotland has finished essential repair work, which will now see visitors be able to access the nave, monk’s choir, crossing, south aisle and south transept. The sections will reopen on Wednesday (April 1), along with Smailholm Tower and Hermitage Castle, which are only accessible in the spring and summer. Roger Curtis, interim director…
Environment Agency inspectors carried out over 730 checks of Southern Water sites in 2025-2026 Southern Water has been told to take some 400 actions to comply with Environment Agency permits following inspections during 2025-2026. Poor maintenance and not knowing where their own discharge points should be were some of the issues found during the past year of intensive Environment Agency inspections of…
