Energy & Environment

Inaccurate reporting on foot and mouth disease controls

There has been inaccurate media coverage regarding foot and mouth disease (FMD) controls with reports that it took six or seven days for controls on commercial imports to take effect and "allowed disease to enter the country."

Updated: Thu Feb 13 2025

Update on Environment Agency investigation

Work continues on our largest ever criminal investigation, to date, into potential breaches of environmental permit conditions by all water and sewerage companies discharging into English waters. The extent of potential non-compliance involves more than 2,200 wastewater treatment works. To ...

Updated: Fri Feb 07 2025

Severn Estuary Implementation Session: Advancing Cross-Border Marine Planning

In November 2024, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Welsh Government co-hosted an event in Cardiff to support cross-border marine planning in the Severn Estuary. This stakeholder engagement session, following the publication of our Severn Estuary Cross Border Marine Planning ...

Updated: Thu Feb 06 2025

Highlight of the Marine Plan User Training Sessions

Under Section 58 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, all public authorities making decisions that affect, or might affect, the UK marine area must consider the relevant marine plan. In response to this, between 12 November and 12 ...

Updated: Wed Feb 05 2025

Best Practice: working together for success

Strengthening Coastal Planning: Our Engagement with Local Planning Authorities in the South West Effective planning at the interface of marine and terrestrial environments requires collaboration and clear communication between decision-makers. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) works with local planning teams ...

Updated: Thu Jan 30 2025

Building Capacity for Sustainable Fisheries: OCPP's Training Mission in Madagascar

Author: Amy Anderson (MMO) In October, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)'s Global Marine Team undertook a deployment to Madagascar under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP). The Ocean Country Partnership Programme is a bilateral technical assistance and capacity building programme ...

Updated: Wed Jan 29 2025

Into the woods: the value of amenity woodlands

Join us for this month's 'Into the woods' blog by Helen Townsend, the Forestry Commission's Head of People, Landscape and Historic Environment. To mark Take a Walk Outdoors Day, she shares the value from having access to nature.

Updated: Thu Jan 23 2025

Prison, fines and disqualification for these waste criminals

We are delighted with the court sentencing of three men found guilty of illegally dumping more than 26,000 tonnes of waste - the equivalent weight of around 2,170 double-decker buses - at 17 sites across the country. They are estimated ...

Updated: Fri Jan 17 2025

Cornish daffodils without the muddy floods

Stephen Webster is a land management officer in Cornwall and has worked with daffodil growers over the last two years to reduce flood risk and soil erosion. Cornwall is the home of daffodils, with four out of five flowers cut ...

Updated: Mon Dec 23 2024

Coverage following Ofwat's final determinations on water bills

There has been widespread coverage following the publication of Ofwat's final determinations yesterday as part of the 2024 price review. Ofwat, the independent economic regulator of the water sector, has announced bill rises which equate to around £3 additional per ...

Updated: Fri Dec 20 2024

Big data, tiny microbes: environmental DNA in action

All living things, from bacteria to blue whales, have DNA in their cells. DNA provides the blueprint for life, directing how organisms grow, reproduce, and live. Since DNA gives a unique genetic code for every species on Earth, we can ...

Updated: Mon Dec 16 2024