Local environment and residents to benefit as partnership project begins in Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park will lead the way in sustainable event production by powering live gigs at the iconic site through a direct underground renewable electricity cable. Instigated by Haringey Council and partners Festival Republic, work has begun to install the new system beneath the ground surface of Finsbury Park – an annual stage for world-class artists…

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Environment Agency framework 2026-34

Teams selected for the maximum eight-year agreement will have the opportunity to support the non-departmental government body in the appraisal, design and delivery of a range of flood risk and environmental asset upgrade projects. The Collaborative Delivery Framework 2 (CDF2) framework is organised into three technical lots and three geographic hubs covering strategy and appraisal,…

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The Environment Agency – Staff Engagement & Upskilling Initiative of the Year

Celebrating success at the Staff Engagement & Upskilling Initiative of the Year award. The team proudly display their trophy on stage. At a glance:Who: The Environment AgencyWhat: The Nature Literacy ProgrammeWhere: UKWhy: To embed nature-positive thinking and nature recovery actions across all rolesWhen: 2025 The challenge Nature recovery and biodiversity loss require action at scale,…

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‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money | Conservation

On 22 January 2024, at the inauguration of the current Liberian president, Joseph Boakai, the US-based Liberian poet Patricia Jabbeh Wesley paid tribute to the west African nation’s tropical forests – one of the places where, she said, “our fathers came / centuries ago, and planted our umbilical cords / deep in the soil”. The…

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Ministers consider granting Environment Agency police-style powers to tackle waste crime

  The UK Government is considering granting the Environment Agency ‘police-style’ powers to tackle waste. As part of the plans, enforcement officers would be able to arrest suspected criminals, seize assets, and search premises without a warrant. Waste criminals caught transporting and dealing with waste illegally could also face up to five years in prison…

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