Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)’s Post

🍃 In 2023 the government published its plan for environmental improvement. With progress stalled, what should happen next? 📜 According to The Office for Environmental Protection the government must speed and scale up its efforts to ensure that plans stack up. 🙏 How welcome then that the new Secretary of State Steve Reed has immediately recognised the scale of the crisis and pledged #urgent action to tackle #river #pollution, restore #nature and build a circular economy. 🔍 This will be informed by a review of the environmental improvement plan but as Richard Benwell and I explain in our new briefing, this review must be neither drawn out nor scattergun. We suggest that it should: 🚀 be done as a policy sprint, concluded within three months of being announced, with stakeholder engagement with delivery experts. 🎯 focus on priorities needed to deliver the Environment Act targets. 📈 result in a credible and transparent delivery plan. https://lnkd.in/eJm7Qpnm

In recognition of World Rainforest Day, June 22, the Cloudburst Group’s Environmental Review team is debuting a series of tips that will explore common issues, suggested actions, and other environmental compliance and review-related issues. We begin this series with the definition of environmental compliance and its importance to mitigating negative impacts to the environment. Environmental compliance is the practice of following environmental laws, regulations, restrictions, and requirements to minimize impacts of construction on the surrounding ecosystem, local community, and wildlife. Environmental regulations can push developers beyond compliance and into innovative practices and sustainable resourcing to further combat pressing environmental issues such as pollution, habitat destruction, climate change, and vulnerability to disasters.   Congress enacted the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969, which requires Federal agencies to assess the significant environmental consequences of their proposed actions and to inform the public of their decisions. The Office of Environment and Energy (OEE) ensures that environmental compliance under NEPA is advanced and sustained within projects and programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), by managing HUD’s environmental review process.   An environmental review is the process of determining whether a project complies with NEPA as well as state and local government regulations. All HUD-assisted projects are required to undergo an environmental review to evaluate and mitigate their potential environmental impacts before funds, regardless of source, are committed. You can learn more about the various levels and extent of environmental review here. Cloudburst’s Environmental Review Team works with our clients to facilitate the environmental review process once their projects receive HUD funding. Our mission is to achieve sustainable environmental development through accessible environmental review training, ensuring a thorough analysis of the physical, biological, and social impacts of clients’ projects. Our efforts also ensure that indigenous, vulnerable, and marginalized communities are prioritized in the face of construction and development impact as well as climate and disaster resilience, response, and recovery. Image: Adobe Stock / © Galyna Andrushko #worldrainforestday #sustainability #environmentalcompliance #climateresilience #environmentalreview Additional Resources: HUD Environmental Justice: https://lnkd.in/dCU8wQ9M HUD Environmental Assessment Guide https://lnkd.in/dHCe3iXK Environment and Climate Resilience: https://lnkd.in/d4NQ7MsX

Very interesting read from our Environmental Compliance and Climate Resiliency team at Cloudburst!!!

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar

If you missed our recent webinar covering changes to the federal permitting landscape and ways project proponents can manage the uncertainty that stems from them, watch on demand now! #environment #naturalresources #permitting #webinar