Climate change, water shortages, cyber attack and disruptive technologies are among a number of key threats flagged up in the United States Intelligence Community’s 2018 assessment of threats to US national security published this week.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched a short inquiry into the Government’s 25-Year Plan for the Environment.

Environmental services company EnTrade has appointed Natural England's Guy Thompson as its new Managing Director.

Beavers are set to be released in the Forest of Dean in plans confirmed by the Environment Secretary and the Forestry Commission -  scientists believe the beavers may be able to hold back enough water to help with flood alleviation for Lydbrook by quickly constructing natural dam structures and creating new habitat.

The Environment Agency is working with the RSPB and Natural England to explore how to adapt approximately 150 hectares of the Moors at Arne in Dorset into a diverse wetland habitat.

The Government has set out the next steps for its proposed ban on the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products with the publication of a summary of responses to a consultation earlier in the year on the issue. 

A new report released by The Nature Conservancy has analyzed 4,000 cities to demonstrate the health, climate and biodiversity benefits of source water protection.

The European Commission is taking the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its failure to propose sites for the protection of the harbour porpoise, a marine mammal regularly found in UK waters.

 The Environment Agency has published a paper setting out its position on accepting DNA-based methods for environmental monitoring and decision-making in the absence of a regulated framework to validate the methods.

Today’s launch of the first global Natural Capital Protocol provides a timely route map for the water sector to future natural capital regulation, which should help companies scale up their plans, according to Robert Spencer, Director of Sustainability at AECOM.