Press releasePublished 19 Mar 2026 The European Environment Agency (EEA) and its European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet) today welcomed the Republic of Moldova as a cooperating country, extending the EEA’s country network to 32 member and 7 cooperating countries across Europe. The EEA is one of the first EU agencies to integrate Moldova…
Beaver wetland water balance A key control on aquatic mass fluxes and wetland extent is the reach-scale water balance. The distinct seasonal regime of the hydrology in the beaver wetland followed a cycle of peak water extent (January–April), followed by substantial subsurface losses (April–August), and then a gradual return to greater water extent (August–January; Fig. 1b)….
EA data reveals that an unauthorised discharge of slurry was carried out from Temon Farm into Poltross Burn in Brampton in 2022, without an environmental permit. Poltross Burn is a tributary of the River Irthing, which stretches into the northernmost parts of Cumbria from Northumberland. Temon Farm, near Brampton. (Image: Google Street View) The EA…
EU environment ministers held a policy debate on CO2 emission standards for cars and vans and exchanged views on decarbonisation efforts in the post-2030 climate framework. The Council also approved conclusions on bioeconomy and explored ways to enhance strategic EU collaboration in global environmental diplomacy. Over lunch, ministers discussed the way forward in international climate…
The world has poured a record US$ 2.7 trillion into military spending in 2024, with global spending rising every year for the past decade. From Ukraine to Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and Venezuela, people are living through war, bombardment, occupation, militarisation or political violence, while the damage reaches far beyond the frontlines. Homes, hospitals, power…
Alan Horn of BedsGOVET testing water at a site along the River Great Ouse. Image: BedsGIVET The Bedford Independent’s environment partner has warned not to eat fish caught in the River Great Ouse in Bedford, after campaigners revealed “horrendous” pollution levels, including bacteria linked to serious illness. Speaking at Bedford Borough Council’s Climate Change Committee on Monday,…
Principal Professor Dame Sally Mapstone is pictured with Alyssa Melville from SRCS and Professor Sir Ian Boyd, chair of the St Andrews Prize judging panel. The South Rupununi Conservation Society (SRCS) of Guyana has been awarded the prestigious St Andrews Prize for the Environment, receiving a $95,000 cash prize for its ‘Transforming Environmental Education in…
The Teme Valley Environment Group (TVEG) has been running for around 20 years, but concerns for its future have arisen recently. The group, created in 2007, held a meeting this week in order to try and drum up new members, as there are only four people on the committee. The meeting was held at Knighton…
NFU publishes key policy asks The NFU publishes its policy asks ahead of the government’s consultation on a Land Use Framework. The NFU is conscious that there are huge demands being made on land including the needs of agricultural production (food and non-food), for leisure and recreation, requirements for biodiversity net gain, protected landscapes, and…
On a cloudless sunny day in October 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack stood on a mountain pass in the Pyrenees and observed a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle – clouds of migrating insects. The Puerto de Bujaruelo pass in 2021 Up to 500 butterflies were fluttering past them every hour through the 2,200m-high Puerto de Bujaruelo mountain…
