Environment
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Interview: Sir Philip Dilley, chairman, Environment Agency – one year on
Just over a year ago former Arup boss Sir Philip Dilley took up his role as chair of the Environment Agency, a post which required his brand of clear-headed reassurance to steady the embattled post-flood ravaged Environment Agency. -
PAS 2080: Prepare for world’s first specification on carbon management
‘PAS 2080: Carbon Management in Infrastructure’ will provide a common language and approach for managing and reducing carbon across the infrastructure value chain, say Maria Manidaki. -
National Trust calls for urgent action to manage threats to coastline
Trust wants halt to concrete sea defences with buildings and infrastructure moved inland in high risk places -
Blending infrastructure colour – an important step to managing flood risk
Grey infrastructure is moving to a blend of grey-green-blue for managing flooding. What does it all mean? Professor Chris Digman explains. -
Air quality: Relying on electric vehicles alone too expensive and will take too long
No single technology likely by itself to make significant enough cuts in air pollution say EIC and Temple Group in a new report. Scrappage schemes, innovative technologies and 60mph dual carriageway zones should all be on the agenda. -
Gaining consent in the North York Moors National Park – an impossible feat?
Careful handling of ‘Special Qualities” has gained planning permission for a potash mine in the North Yorkshire Moors National Path, explains Matthew Hunt. -
Career path: Charlene Baker - principal consultant at Temple Group
A working trip to New Zealand introduced planner Charlene Baker to large infrastructure projects and since she came back to the UK that has been her focus. -
Sadiq Khan to set out London's environmental challenge at EIC conference
MP and Labour Party Mayoral candidate joins line up for annual gathering of environmental industry, politicians and experts to lead debate on the “Next Five Years for the Environmental Industry”. -
Diplomat to be new chief executive of Environment Agency
High commissioner to India Sir James Bevan takes on job of CEO at the agency on 30 November. -
UK government’s weakened commitment to climate change must be reversed say leaders
Leading environmentalists and business leaders have called on the UK government to live up to its legacy as a global leader on climate change and clear up confusion over its objectives.