Isle of Wight Council issues sea-bathing warning
The Environment Agency has issued a bathing alert for Totland Bay and Colwell Bay. Source link
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Minister Muir announces £380,000 in funding to improve water quality
Date published: 21 May 2026 More than £380,000 has been allocated to 16 water quality projects, including 11 within the Lough Neagh catchment, Minister Muir has today confirmed. The projects are to be funded under the Water Quality Improvement Strand of the Environment Fund, following open competition earlier this year, and builds on the achievements…
Cloudflare launches Claude agent environments with Anthropic
Cloudflare has launched Cloudflare Environments for Claude Managed Agents in collaboration with Anthropic, linking Anthropic’s Claude platform with Cloudflare’s network and developer tools. The integration is designed to let organisations run core agent loops on Claude while using Cloudflare’s infrastructure to execute code, connect to private services, and add task-specific tools. It is intended to…
Research project reconstructing historical environmental conditions in World Heritage landscape awarded flagship grant
The three-year Faya Palaeolandscape Analysis and Spatio-Temporal Evolution (FAYA-PAST) project will establish the first comprehensive environmental framework for Jebel Faya, Sharjah, UAE across the past 200,000 years using satellite analysis, ground-penetrating radar, field survey, and advanced dating techniques. By reconstructing how environmental conditions evolved across southeastern Arabia over time, the research aims to explain how…
Collective action is the answer to the built environment sector’s competency crisis and diversity disaster
The built environment has spent years talking about two crises as though they are separate. One is the competency crisis: chronic skills shortages, an ageing workforce, and growing concern about whether the sector has the people it needs to deliver safe, sustainable and future-fit places. The other is the diversity crisis: a profession that still…
New Offshore Wind Environmental Compensation Rules Go Into Force in UK
New legislation aimed at accelerating offshore wind development while expanding environmental compensation options has come into effect in the UK, the government announced on 21 May. Red7Marine “After two fossil fuel crises in five years, we are driving further and faster for clean homegrown power that we control to protect the British people and bring…
Government launches consultation on future of built environment professions
The government has launched a call for evidence to inform future policy on those working in built environment professions Source link
Regional partnership takes seat at national roundtable on nature and economic growth
21 May 2026 Representatives of the Marches Forward Partnership have taken part in a national policy roundtable exploring how nature and economic growth can be delivered together The Roundtable on Collaborative Private Sector Investment in Resilience and Nature was led by the Environment Agency, Natural England and consultants 3Keel, who selected the Partnership’s initiative to…
Romsey flood alleviation scheme strengthened with new defences | Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has raised the height of Stockbridge Road near Timsbury and added a permanent, demountable defence where weed cuttings are caught. The Environment Agency has completed two significant improvements to the Romsey flood alleviation scheme, reducing flood risk and disruption for local communities. Stockbridge Road raised to prevent flooding New tarmac being laid…
Drinks industry Environment, Social & Governance activations around the world in May 2026 – ESG
In Australia, Kirin’s XXXX beer brand has raised AUD10,000 (US$7,130) to support the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, through a partnership with the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys rugby league team. A total of AUD2 from every can of XXXX sold at the Cowboys’ home opener game this season was pledged to the foundation, to support research on…