Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Coastal Development and Tourism

In praise of... Sunderland Point
Guardian Unlimited | 16 Nov 2010
Choosing what to protect of Britain's vulnerable coastline is a difficult balancing act. Choosing what to protect and what to try to save from the stormy waters around the British coast is an invidious task. Sunderland Point (that's Sunderland, Lancashire, not Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) is typical...

Rise in UK beaches with recommended water quality
The Independent | 28 May 2010
More than half the UK's beaches are recommended for having excellent water quality in the latest Good Beach Guide - a slight rise on last year, the Marine Conservation Society said today. The number of sites failing the MCS's latest bathing water tests, which are based on European standards, fell...

United Kingdom | Coastal Development and Tourism | Water Pollution

England's cleanest beaches revealed
Guardian Unlimited | 13 May 2010
England's cleanest beaches and the best places for swimming in the sea are revealed, with 150 locations awarded special status. England's cleanest beaches and the best places for swimming in the sea are revealed today, with 150 locations being awarded Blue Flag or Quality Coast status for 2010 by Keep Britain Tidy, the anti-litter charity.

England | Coastal Development and Tourism

An inconvenient truth: beware the politician in fleece clothing
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Sep 2006
Al Gore's film delivers a stunning lesson on global warming. It should also alert Britons to the danger of voting on personality

Norway fails to fulfil whaling quota
Guardian Unlimited | 22 Aug 2006
Norway will not be able to fulfil its whaling quota this year in what conservation groups are claiming is proof that the government should no longer support the industry.

Biodiversity | Biodiversity Conservation | Coastal and Marine Issues | Coastal Development and Tourism

Tropical fish trade threatens to devastate reefs
Guardian Unlimited | 08 Aug 2006
Leading marine biologists have called for a crackdown on the trade in tropical fish, which is threatening to destroy the world's already endangered coral reefs.

Biodiversity Conservation | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Ocean Pollution

New shrimp nets said helping save fish stocks
Reuters | 08 Aug 2006
Fishing nets with "exit holes" being introduced under a project to salvage depleted world fisheries are helping shrimp trawlers reduce unwanted extra catches by up to 70 percent, a U.N. study showed on Sunday.

Biodiversity | Biodiversity Conservation | Coastal Development and Tourism

Fish From Heavens Rain on India's Manna
Planet Ark | 25 Jul 2006
The people of Kerala in India's southwest are famed for turning fish into spicy feasts fit for gods, but last week the heavens turned provider as fish rained down on the village of Manna, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Coastal Development and Tourism | Fish Farming | Fisheries | Freshwater

Reservoir opened to save salmon
BBC | 24 Jul 2006
A Devon reservoir releases millions of litres of water to keep fish healthy in the heatwave as parts of England face their worst drought for 30 years.

Global action needed on deep sea destruction
Green Consumer Guide | 18 Jul 2006
Destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling must be stopped to prevent the ongoing destruction of sensitive marine environments such as seamounds, UK Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw has announced. Speaking at the International Deep Sea Biology Symposium, the Minister called on Governments around the world to introduce stricter regulations and an integrated approach to the problem.

Coastal Development and Tourism | Marine Life

Global warming 'will cancel out Western aid and devastate Africa'
The Independent | 13 Jul 2006
Climate change could have a devastating impact on Africa, wiping out all the benefits from the measures to help the continent agreed by the world's richest nations last year.

Council unveils wind turbine plan
BBC | 12 Jul 2006
A council announces plans to go green and install wind turbines on the roof of one of its buildings.

Lack of cash for coastal defences puts homes at risk
Telegraph | 10 Jul 2006
Tens of thousands of homes near the coast are at risk because funding for repairs to sea defences is "woefully inadequate", say local government leaders.

Climate Change | Coastal Development and Tourism | Global Warming

Cruelty to crustaceans: Save the lobster
The Independent | 05 Jul 2006
Any of the well-heeled customers strolling into the Whole Foods supermarket in central Washington yesterday morning with their heart set on a celebratory 4 July lobster feast would have left disappointed.

Biodiversity Conservation | Coastal Development and Tourism | Global Warming | Marine Life

Boycott the dolphin parks
The Independent | 04 Jul 2006
British holidaymakers are being urged to boycott dolphin shows amid growing concerns over the plight of the aquatic mammals in captivity.

Biodiversity Conservation | Coastal Development and Tourism | Marine Life | Tourism and Biodiversity

EU emissions spark new effort
Green Consumer Guide | 29 Jun 2006
The European Commission has vowed to intensify climate change efforts, following last weeks publication figures that showed an increase in emissions during the last two years across the region.

Dutch refinery finds a way to end up smelling like rose
International Herald Tribune | 29 Jun 2006
A Dutch experiment in limiting emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for climate change, illustrates a fundamental shift in the oil industry that offers glimmers of hope for the future.

Fury over Denmark's whaling vote
Green Consumer Guide | 26 Jun 2006
Denmarks decision to side with Japan and Norway during voting at the recent International Whaling Commission (IWC) event – a move which handed control of the authority to pro-whaling nations by a single vote – has been strongly criticised by WWF.

Coastal and Marine Issues | Coastal Development and Tourism | Marine Life

Polar bears are left high and dry by shrinking Arctic ice
The Times | 23 Jun 2006
Polar bears are being forced to change their behaviour and natural habitat because of the retreating Arctic ice.

Compromise talk after whaling win
BBC | 22 Jun 2006
The International Whaling Commission's annual meeting has ended with talk of compromise, despite a key victory for pro-whaling nations.

Coastal and Marine Issues | Coastal Development and Tourism | Marine Life | Science and Environment

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