Hs2 And The Environment Hc 1076

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee,Joan Walley
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215070739

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HS2 and the Environment - HC 1076 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee,Joan Walley Pdf

The Government needs to show real commitment to dealing with the impact that HS2 will have on our countryside and wildlife. It is imperative that an infrastructure project on such a large scale implements proper environmental safeguards and ensures that impacts are minimised. That won't happen if HS2 Ltd can avoid implementing safeguards if they consider them to be 'impracticable' or 'unreasonable'. There needs to be a separate ring-fenced budget for these safeguards and for compensation, separate from the rest of the HS2 budget, to prevent the environment being squeezed if HS2 costs grow. The Government's aim of 'no net biodiversity loss' on HS2 is not good enough - it should aim for environmental gains that the Government promised in its white paper on the Natural Environment. In any case, the Government can't demonstrate it will cause no net harm because it has still not surveyed 40% of the land to be used. Ancient woodland should be treated with particular care. HS2 will damage some woodlands, and where that happens, compensation measures should be much higher than the level indicated in the calculation that HS2 Ltd will use. The HS2 Hybrid Bill will be given its second reading on 28 April, after which it will be referred to a dedicated select committee to examine 'petitions' against it. The Committee criticises the procedure's failure to fully address the requirements of EU and national directives on environmental assessments, which it wants to be at least partly rectified in the forthcoming Parliamentary proceedings

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780215078124

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HC 215 - An Environmental Scorecard by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Emissions of a number of airborne pollutants increased in 2013, after being steady between 2010 and 2012 and in a longer term decline before that. The UK failed to meet targets for nitrogen dioxide pollution in 34 of the 43 zones specified in the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive in 2012, resulting in the European Commission launching infraction proceedings against the UK in February 2014 in regard to 16 zones that would not be compliant by 2015. The Committee's report recommends an overarching Environmental Strategy be implemented, to set out strategic principles and good practices; facilitate discussion between central and local government and identify how they can work together and with the wider community; encompass clear environmental assessments; identify work required to fill data gaps in assessments; map appropriate policy levers to environmental areas; and set out how environmental and equality considerations will be addressed in policy areas across Government. The report concludes that the Government should set up an independent body-an 'Office for Environmental Responsibility'-to (i) review the Environment Strategy we advocate; (ii) advise Government on appropriate targets; (iii) advise Government on policies, both those in Government programmes and new ones that could be brought forward to support the environment; (iv) advise Government about the adequacy of the resources (in both central and local government) made available for delivering the Strategy; and (v) monitor and publish performance against the Strategy and its targets.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 9780215084163

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HC 885 - A 2010-15 Progress Report by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780215072856

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HC 59 - Well-Being - HC 59 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

The Government's ’Natural Capital Committee', set up to check how far the Government bases its policies on the cost the benefits the UK derives from its natural environment - such as clean air, water, food and recreation - should be put on a permanent statutory footing, the Environmental Audit Committee recommends. The NCC was set up in May 2012 with a three-year remit that ends just before the General Election. It has produced 2 progress reports so far, highlighting gaps in the available data on these factors and calling for a 25-year plan to plug the gaps and start using the information in Government decisions. But the Government has yet to respond in detail to those NCC reports. The environment is just one strand of a wider view of people's well-being, which also addresses people's economic and social circumstances, as well as their view of the satisfaction they get from their lives. In November 2010, the Prime Minister launched a programme to measure well-being to complement economic statistics like ’GDP' in - "measuring our progress as a country". However, more than three years since then, the Committee note, our quality of life is not yet receiving the same attention as those economic metrics. The Committee highlight the links being uncovered in the statistics between people's view of their well-being and their background and circumstances - for example the link between well-being and people's health, marital status or religion. But the MPs warn that the data are not yet sufficiently robust to support a single metric that could encompass well-being and which could be set alongside GDP.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780215073075

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HC 221 - Marine Protected Areas by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Marine Conservation Zones can protect our seas from over-fishing and give species and habitats space to recover, ultimately benefiting people whose livelihoods depend on healthy seas. But the Government has been too slow in creating these Zones, and it has failed to get coastal communities and fishermen on board. It is now well over four years since the launch of the programme, yet only 27 of the 127 sites recommended by independent project groups have been designated. Budget reductions at DEFRA mean the Government is currently unable to demonstrate that the Marine Management Organisation - the public body charged with managing the zones - will have the resources needed to manage and enforce the MCZs. The Government must set out a strategy for the management of the 27 MCZs and management plans for individual Zones to demonstrate that they can be enforced. MPs are calling on the Government to bring forward the MCZ programme, so that more Zones are designated in the next phase, due in 2015. Ministers should follow a precautionary principle approach to designating new Zones, according to the Committee, and use the 'best available' data rather than applying the more stringent evidence standards recently introduced by the Government - which require data that is much harder and more expensive to obtain

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780215071576

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Invasive Non-Native Species - HC 913 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Invasive species, such as Japanese Knotweed, the Oak Processionary Moth, the Ruddy Duck and Zebra Mussels, can have detrimental effects on the native species they supplant, as well as on human health and business. The Environmental Audit Committee is calling on the Government to revamp the system for controlling invasive species in England and Wales. Current Wildlife legislation has never been used to prosecute anyone and is unlikely to provide the level of protection now needed. Better prevention, surveillance, monitoring, eradication and long-term control measures are all needed in the fight against invasive species. The Government currently has no formal surveillance system in place to trigger action to ensure early eradication. Defra needs to develop a surveillance system that integrates voluntary wildlife recording with professional monitoring and identification. The current system of "listing" species to be monitored and controlled is too slow. The Government must implement legal changes recommended by the Law Commission and replicate the Scottish system of species control orders to provide a mechanism for eradicating invasive species before they become established. Species on the existing national lists that are already well established here should be reviewed, according to the Committee. Where habitats cannot be restored or biodiversity protected, the invasive species should be removed from the list and control measures re-evaluated.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Environmental economics
ISBN : 9780215084309

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HC 858 - Local Nature Partnerships by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Where LNPs have been successful, they have demonstrated the benefits of local engagement, harnessing enthusiasm in finding solutions to local priorities. Where they have not been successful, the solution is not to impose additional tasks but to re-energise the unfocussed local commitment. Many LNPs are starved of funding and resources, meaning much of the good work in getting them up and running, is being undone. The whole country-urban as well as rural-need the natural environment protections that LNPs can provide. Rather than leave under-performing LNPs to wither away, the next Government should urgently review LNPs and their funding, and re-energise the initiative.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UIUC:30112108547966

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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Cathy Macharis,Gino Baudry
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788111805

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Decision-Making for Sustainable Transport and Mobility by Cathy Macharis,Gino Baudry Pdf

Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) developed by Professor Cathy Macharis enables decision-makers within the sectors of transport, mobility and logistics to account for conflicting stakeholder interests. This book draws on 15 years of research and application during which MAMCA has been deployed to support sustainable decisions within the transport and mobility sectors.

Author : Rashmi Avinash Agarwal,Avinash Kumar Agarwal,Tarun Gupta,Nikhil Sharma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811332814

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Pollutants from Energy Sources by Rashmi Avinash Agarwal,Avinash Kumar Agarwal,Tarun Gupta,Nikhil Sharma Pdf

This book discusses different aspects of energy consumption and environmental pollution, describing in detail the various pollutants resulting from the utilization of natural resources and their control techniques. It discusses diagnostic techniques in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. It will be useful for engineers, agriculturists, environmentalists, ecologists and policy makers involved in area of pollutants from energy, environmental safety, and health sectors.

Author : Mahmoud Ghannoum,John R. Perfect
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780849387869

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Antifungal Therapy by Mahmoud Ghannoum,John R. Perfect Pdf

A concise one-stop-practical reference for the various physicians dealing with fungal infections, Antifungal Therapy appeals to infectious disease physicians, transplant surgeons, dermatologists, and intensivists, as well as basic scientists and pharmaceutical company researchers interested in the state of antifungal therapy. This book provides a c

Author : Sandro La Vignera,Antonio Aversa,Fabio Monzani
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889632343

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Endocrine Frailty in the Elderly by Sandro La Vignera,Antonio Aversa,Fabio Monzani Pdf

Author : Dr. Marius Rosu,Dr. Ping Zhou,Dr. Dingsheng Lin,Dr. Dan M. Ionel,Dr. Mircea Popescu,Frede Blaabjerg,Dr. Vandana Rallabandi,Dr. David Staton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119103486

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Multiphysics Simulation by Design for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives by Dr. Marius Rosu,Dr. Ping Zhou,Dr. Dingsheng Lin,Dr. Dan M. Ionel,Dr. Mircea Popescu,Frede Blaabjerg,Dr. Vandana Rallabandi,Dr. David Staton Pdf

Presents applied theory and advanced simulation techniques for electric machines and drives This book combines the knowledge of experts from both academia and the software industry to present theories of multiphysics simulation by design for electrical machines, power electronics, and drives. The comprehensive design approach described within supports new applications required by technologies sustaining high drive efficiency. The highlighted framework considers the electric machine at the heart of the entire electric drive. The book also emphasizes the simulation by design concept—a concept that frames the entire highlighted design methodology, which is described and illustrated by various advanced simulation technologies. Multiphysics Simulation by Design for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives begins with the basics of electrical machine design and manufacturing tolerances. It also discusses fundamental aspects of the state of the art design process and includes examples from industrial practice. It explains FEM-based analysis techniques for electrical machine design—providing details on how it can be employed in ANSYS Maxwell software. In addition, the book covers advanced magnetic material modeling capabilities employed in numerical computation; thermal analysis; automated optimization for electric machines; and power electronics and drive systems. This valuable resource: Delivers the multi-physics know-how based on practical electric machine design methodologies Provides an extensive overview of electric machine design optimization and its integration with power electronics and drives Incorporates case studies from industrial practice and research and development projects Multiphysics Simulation by Design for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives is an incredibly helpful book for design engineers, application and system engineers, and technical professionals. It will also benefit graduate engineering students with a strong interest in electric machines and drives.

Author : Great Britain: Department for Transport,Great Britain: Department for Transport Staff
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0101824726

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High speed rail by Great Britain: Department for Transport,Great Britain: Department for Transport Staff Pdf

High speed rail is already being constructed or been used in many nations. Britain's exile from this would mean losing out to global competitors. The long term option in investing in high speed rail would transform and allow Britain to compete globally and for national economic prosperity. Such investment in faster and more convenient journeys between the major cities and international networks will achieve two objectives; supporting companies and wealth creators and also better connect communities. Further upgrades of existing lines can provide additional capacity but growth in demand looks set to outstrip the pace of this and is seen as a short term approach unable to meet long term challenges. The choice is not between building new lines or not but what type of new line to build and new lines only built to enable conventional speeds would certainly fail to reap the economic rewards offered by high speed. HS2 is also about enough capacity for passengers - those on crowded inter city trains will increasingly be forced to stand for long periods and for commuters who eventually will be unable to get on their trains at peak times. There are further benefits of increasing rail freight, getting lorries off roads and saving carbon. The Government is also committed to developing a national high speed rail network with the lowest feasible impacts on local communities and the natural environment. In response to the consultation process there have been changes - additional tunnelling and alignment of the route in a number of places. The Government wishes to see further engagement with local people as the project progresses and as further environmental assessment is undertaken. The Government wants to reassure people that the project is both affordable and can be delivered to time and budget

Author : Henrik Gudmundsson,Ralph P. Hall,Greg Marsden,Josias Zietsman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783662469248

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Sustainable Transportation by Henrik Gudmundsson,Ralph P. Hall,Greg Marsden,Josias Zietsman Pdf

This textbook provides an introduction to the concept of sustainability in the context of transportation planning, management, and decision-making. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, indicators and frameworks for measuring sustainable development in the transportation sector are developed. In the second, the authors analyze actual planning and decision-making in transportation agencies in a variety of governance settings. This analysis of real-world case studies demonstrates the benefits and limitations of current approaches to sustainable development in transportation. The book concludes with a discussion on how to make sustainability count in transportation decision-making and practice.