12 Questions with James Montgomery of Mott MacDonald
James Montgomery is the Director of Environmental Management Services for Mott MacDonald. He has a strong background in water resources management having worked at the start of his career in Oman, India,...
This publication offers a concise overview of updates to the various guidance, legislation, technologies and requirements that rest with Local Authorities, Land Owners, Mine Owners and the general public. It is non-technical in nature and aimed at providing clear information with regard to...
12 questions with Trevor Curson of Buro Happold
Trevor Curson is both director and head of the environment group at Buro Happold. Leading a team of environmental scientists and engineers, he has worked on numerous environmental impact assessments...
Nuclear energy generation has always been hotly debated and this seems unlikely to change with the Government's controversial agreement with EDF over the new development at Hinkley Point. Although still in the headlines today, nuclear power has been contributing to the UK's energy mix since...
As a life-long naturalist with nearly three decades running an ecological consultancy, I find myself reaching boiling point over biodiversity offsetting, and simultaneously becoming sad because our native wildlife desperately needs all the help it can get. Every site’s ecology is particular to...
George Monbiot’s recent attack on biodiversity offsetting misses the point of the scheme and undermines the work of the scientists who developed it. It is not the principle of placing a value on what nature does for us that is the problem; it is the recent interpretation of value that is at...
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