Thames Water has confirmed that its free nature reserves and public spaces will remain open for people to get fresh air and exercise during the coronavirus outbreak.

The preservation and restoration of Europe’s largely degraded floodplains, must be better prioritised according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today.

Northumbrian Water and sister company Essex and Suffolk Water are putting out a last call for new applications for environmental project funding before the deadline of the current round of funding approaches.

Businesses are more dependent on nature and biodiversity than expected, according to The New Nature Economy Report, released by the World Economic Forum at its annual meeting in Davos which takes place this week.

Severn Trent is investing £15 million to install fish-friendly screen in 13 locations agreed with the Environment Agency in a new environmental programme that will bring big benefits to the region’s fish and wildlife.

Cambridge Water is warning that another drier than average winter will increase the chance of restrictions being required in 2020-21.

With recent dry weather and low groundwater levels, Geoff Darch, Water Resources Strategy Manager at Anglian Water, looks at the ways the water company is meeting the challenge of protecting rivers in its region.

A £1 million scheme has been completed by Yorkshire Water to prevent Eels from inadvertently swimming from the River Derwent into its water treatment works at Loftsome Bridge in East Yorkshire.

A broad group of eighteen civil society organisations has written to Sajid Javid MP ahead of this week’s Spending Review and Budget saying that the government will need to more than double public investment on climate and nature, from the current £17 billion a year to at least £42 billion.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has gone out to tender with a contract for a major 3 year project to improve the conservation status of Cornwall’s Goss Moor National Nature Reserve.