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Overview The Severn Estuary and its wildlife is under threat from a proposal to build an enormous barrage to generate electricity from the Severn's huge tides The Severn Estuary is one of the largest in Europe and is one of its most important wildlife habitats. The estuary and the rivers which feed into it contain and support a wealth of wildlife so rich it is considered to be of international importance and is protected by international law. Its saltmarshes and mudflats are used by an average 74,000 birds each winter, its waters support more than 100 fish species and vast...

WHEN it comes to climate action, Boris Johnson’s Global Britain is far more slogan than substance. With the UK Government hosting the most important COP26 summit of the century in Glasgow in November, this is not a good look. Nor does it give the impression of being in charge or taking responsibility to secure real climate action from global leaders. While the USA and China work to create consensus and co-operation on the most pressing and urgent crisis of our time, there’s a growing impression internationally that the UK is merely watching on from the back row, more spectator than vi...

GMB union betrays British Gas strike as deadline passes and hundreds are dismissed The deadline for British Gas engineers to sign a fire and rehire contract including a longer working week and a 15 percent pay cut came into effect at midday, Wednesday April 14. The outcome of the dispute at British Gas has major implications for the entire working class. Research has shown that 1 in 10 workers have been forced to reapply for their job on inferior pay and terms since the start of the pandemic. The dispute at British Gas is the first attempt by a major company to impose fire and rehire contract...

Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy: Government sets out vision for decarbonising heavy industry CCS and hydrogen facility planned at Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber is among the projects to secure funding | Credit: px Group Strategy to set out a number of new targets for the decarbonisation of industry, as government confirms details of nine projects to be awarded funding through Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge - but opposition warns plans lack necessary ambition The government has unveiled a package of new climate promises and funding announcements designed to catalyse the decarbo...

Political fallout over West Cumbria Mine public inquiry continues Aerial CGI of Woodhouse Colliery mine site The political fallout is continuing in Cumbria following the latest twist in the ongoing battle over plans to bring back coal mining to the county. Late on Thursday, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a letter that it had sent to Cumbria County Council, informing the authority the Secretary of State for Local Government, Robert Jenrick, had “called in” the controversial planning application for the construction of a coking coal mine just outsi...