AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoWaste and Infrastructure: Hackney’s Green-led council has dropped its pledge to oppose the £1.5bn Edmonton incinerator rebuild, while the Sea Link electricity project between Kent and Suffolk has won approval despite acknowledged lasting harm to a protected landscape. Water Pollution: Yorkshire Water’s chief executive is stepping down after the company received the lowest possible environmental rating. Regulators say eight of England’s nine water companies are still failing environmental standards, prompting ministers to promise tougher action. Climate and Energy: Only £12m of the £200m grant promised to Scotland’s Acorn carbon-capture project will be paid as a grant, with the rest switched to loans. Drought: Storms brought England its wettest week in two years, but parts of the south remain in drought; experts say recovery may require 120% of normal rainfall this winter.
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