Innovative wave energy technology developer Bombora Wave Power has secured a seven figure working capital facility with the Development Bank of Wales in a move that will help secure the company’s future in Wales.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Environment (Governance and Principles) Bill has identified serious concerns with the Government’s proposed legislation to protect the environment if the UK leaves the European Union - and warns that “climate change mitigation has been specifically excluded from the Bill.”

The NFU has made renewed appeals to Secretary of State for Food and the Environment Michael Gove to assist farm businesses still suffering from the impacts of agricultural drought, having seen “little Government action” since the NFU’s emergency summit on August 1.

The European Commission is taking Spain back to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to comply with a judgement of 2011 on urban waste water treatment – Spain faces a €46 million-plus fine and the prospect of a further daily fine of more than €171,000.

The earliest rumblings of Brexit’s impact on the water market are being felt by the UK supply chain. Gareth Jones, Managing Director of wastewater treatment specialist WPL, reveals how his company is responding.

European nations must work together in order to adapt to climate change, a new report has said, although there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach.