Five environmental activists from the group Mother Nature Cambodia remain in prison after a Supreme Court judge declined on March 2 to release them pending their appeal against a conviction for subversion. The activists, who were profiled in the Mongabay-produced film “The Clearing,” have been in prison since July 2, 2024 — more than…
Tamworth Borough Council encourages community to support Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British spring clean Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British spring clean call upon volunteers to litter pick as ‘environment belong to everyone’ Residents encouraged to pledge to pick at least one bag of litter during the national campaign Free litter bags available from Marmion House…
The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has pledged to put an extra half a million square kilometres of Australia’s ocean out of reach of fishers and drillers in a step conservationists hope will “right the wrongs” of an Abbott-era downgrade of marine protection. Watt confirmed last year Australia would put 30% of its ocean estate…
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses across England will be better protected from the devastating impact of flooding with investment to construct new flood schemes and upgrade existing flood defences, the Environment Agency announced today (Tuesday 17 March). More than 600 projects will be funded to help better protect tens of thousands of homes…
Monetary policy and interest rates The monetary policy of the ECB and the Fed is one of the anchors of the scenario. The euro area has on-target inflation and a multi-directional balance of risks – from supply disruptions (global supply chains, extreme weather events, energy prices) to trade tensions and China’s redirection of exports towards…
The Environment Agency has launched a major procurement exercise worth an estimated £6.6bn including VAT to deliver engineering and environmental asset work across England over the next decade. The Collaborative Delivery Framework 2 (CDF2) will cover a wide range of asset management activities – from flood and coastal risk management to navigation, water, land and…
The Environment Agency has launched procurement for its second Collaborative Delivery Framework, an eight-year agreement worth up to £5.5bn for flood, coastal, navigation and environmental works across England. The framework, known as CDF2, will cover strategy, appraisal, design, technical support and construction work across the agency’s asset base. It will be used for nature-based schemes…
By Dave Bell, Principal Officer: Health & the Environment, Natural England Spending time in nature is essential for good health. As studies continue to show the profound benefits of nature and outdoor activity for public health, the Healthy Outdoors guide has been created to address a critical evidence gap: the need for consistent, comparable evaluation of outdoor interventions. …
The European Commission launched a four-week call for evidence today (17 March) to support a review and targeted revision of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the main EU law for protecting and improving the status of Europe’s waters. As announced in the RESourceEU Action Plan, the Commission is accelerating its efforts to secure the EU’s supply of…
Extreme heat in 2023 fuelled devastating wildfires in Greece SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images Temperatures over the past three years have been even higher than expected, provoking a debate among scientists. Almost everyone agrees that global warming has accelerated. But some researchers say it is speeding up even more than climate models show, while others…
