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The Green Industrial Revolution needs Green Industrial Regulation
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, yesterday delivered a speech at an event hosted by the Aldersgate Group.
In July, US President Joe Biden said: “When I hear the words climate change, I hear the word “jobs”.
In September, President Xi Jinping pledged China would achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.
In November, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson published a ten point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, mobilising £12 billion of investment and supporting up to 250,000 British jobs to achieve net zero.
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The Green Industrial Revolution needs Green Industrial Regulation
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, delivered a speech this morning at an event hosted by the Aldersgate Group.
From:
3 March 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
In July, US President Joe Biden said: “When I hear the words climate change, I hear the word “jobs”.
In September, President Xi Jinping pledged China would achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.
In November, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson published a ten point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, mobilising £12 billion of investment and supporting up to 250,000 British jobs to achieve net zero.
FARMER John Price will face no further action from the Forestry Commission for felling trees as part of his work on the river Lugg. Btu the farmer is still under investigation by Natural England and the Environment Agency into the work he had completed on the riverbank of the river Lugg. A Forestry Commission spokesperson said permission was granted only for the felling of trees. “Following an investigation we can confirm that the felling operations were undertaken with the authority of an approved conditional felling licence and no further action is to be taken in respect of the felling at this time, the commission said.
Norfolk potato company makes amends for polluting river
Albert Bartlett and Sons allowed sludge to enter River Ant.
From:
9 February 2021
The discharge of sludge into a stream during factory cleaning has led to a Norfolk potato producer handing £14,000 to charity.
Albert Bartlett and Sons (Airdrie) Ltd allowed sludge resulting from routine weekend cleaning of its Worstead-based factory, to enter the channel and flow into the Smallburgh Stream in September 2019. Lack of monitoring meant the sludge was not detected and was pumped away, making its way through a network of tanks, to discharge into the river.
As a result, the company paid £14,000 to the Norfolk Rivers Trust, in what is known as an enforcement undertaking. The company also had to pay costs, including those of the Environment Agency.
A FARM is an eternal hive of activity. There is always something going on, work to be done, developments to be made, and improvements to be completed, writes Johanne Spittle, head of litigation at Pearsons & Ward Solicitors. With such activities, some noise and disruption is inevitable. However, if your actions impact your neighbours to such an extent that it amounts to a nuisance, this could lead to untold legal headaches. Nuisance is unreasonable interference with another person’s use or enjoyment of land. Nuisance can be public, statutory, or private. Public nuisance - Public nuisance can be a criminal offence and arises where a group of people are affected by your actions, for example if you obstruct the highway or pollute water supplies.