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Latest hydropower decision: angling rights to be sacrificed ‘for the greater good’
Latest hydropower decision: angling rights to be sacrificed ‘for the greater good’ A recent licensing decision by the government body tasked with promoting sustainable development and at the same time protecting the country’s existing natural assets has thrown into sharp … Continue reading
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New Threat to our Rivers from Hydropower Grants
The Angling Trust has raised concerns that the Community Energy Strategy announced by Energy Minister Ed Davey today, coupled with the already generous Feed in Tariffs offered by government, will lead to a fresh wave of applications for planning permission … Continue reading
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Muted Celebrations over the Updated Hydropower Good Practice Guide
The Angling Trust and Salmon & Trout Association have jointly welcomed the Environment Agency (EA) Board’s decision yesterday to introduce new Good Practice Guidelines for hydropower that reduce the amount of water that can normally be diverted from rivers into … Continue reading
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Yet more Hydropower omnishambles as Environment Agency ducks decision to protect our rivers
Angling and conservation groups have expressed alarm at the continued delay in properly regulating the use of hydropower turbines on English rivers despite admissions that the current guidelines for hydropower schemes were 'not fit for purpose' and risked long-term environmental … Continue reading
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Anglers and wildlife groups celebrate damning verdict on the Severn Barrage
Anglers and wildlife groups are celebrating the damning verdict of the influential House of Commons Energy & Climate Change Committee on Hafren Power’s proposals for an 18 km concrete barrage across the Severn Estuary which could have seen the end … Continue reading
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‘Hideous’ hydro-power plan for Marlow lambasted
Plans to harness the power of Marlow weir to create electricity for 400 to 600 homes have been lambasted by a group representing 2,000 anglers. Thames Valley Angling Association has blasted the 'hideous' proposal for hydro-power on the River Thames … Continue reading
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Proposed Barrage across the Severn Estuary ‘could be absolutely devastating’
A Proposal to build a Barrage across the Severn Estuary 'could be absolutely devastating', MPs have heard. The Angling Trust, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and RSPB told the House of Commons Energy & Climate Committee they all supported tidal … Continue reading
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Environment Agency criticised over Hydropower schemes
The Environment Agency has come in for severe criticism this week for failing to uphold its duties to ‘to maintain, improve and develop fisheries’ and to ‘consider and give due weight to fisheries’ when granting impoundment licences associated with hydropower … Continue reading
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Hydropower scheme stopped in Historic legal case by Anglers
Fish Legal has won an historic injunction against a multi-million pound hydropower development on the River Trent at Sawley Weir, in the process exposing major failings in the regulatory process. The membership association Fish Legal, acting for its member the … Continue reading
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‘End of the River’ – A new video highlighting the damage caused by small Hydropower
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association commissioned the ‘End of The River’ DVD, which highlights the damage caused to fish by hydroelectric power plants The DVD, which was launched at EFTTEX in Paris earlier this year, is part of an EFTTA … Continue reading
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