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Information Tribunal ICO EA and me – 3 Feb 2014

Appeal to Information Tribunal – continuing the story told in Environment Agency And Me – Jan 2014 and Environment Agency Information Comissioner and Me – Jan 2014 Contacting Information Tribunal The Information Tribunal is more properly First Tier Tribunal General … Continue reading

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Environment Agency Information Comissioner and Me – Jan 2014

Environment Agency and Me – Jan 2014 tells the story of my involvement with EA up to 5 October 2012 when David Jordan declined to answer 7 FOI requests. Here’s a brief recap FOI Requests The response I got from … Continue reading

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Were Early Saltmarsh Surveys Wrong? – Jan 2014

DEFRA targetted EA with recreating 100 ha/year saltmarsh by flooding farmland following saltmarsh surveys. Were surveys wrong? Around 1973 there was a plan to build an airport on Maplin Sands off south Essex.  The airport was never built but there … Continue reading

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Reason 2 EA’s Policy of Saltmash Habitat Creation Is Fatally Flawed – Jan 2014

DEFRA have targeted EA with recreating saltmarsh by flooding farmland. Here is reason #2 why this policy is fatally flawed. There is mud in the sea around East Anglia, that’s why the sea is murky unlike in Cornwall or Mediterranean. … Continue reading

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Reason 1 EA’s Policy of Saltmash Habitat Creation Is Fatally Flawed – Jan 2014

DEFRA have targeted EA with recreating saltmarsh by flooding farmland. Here is reason #1 why this policy is fatally flawed. DEFRA EA and NE claim rising sea levels are killing saltmarsh. DEFRA EA and NE claim the rate of sea … Continue reading

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Essex And South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan 2 – Jan 2014

EA’s SMP2 outlines how EA plan to manage coast till 2105, by destoying sea defences. I will be making several posts about SMP2 so to start with here are the plans. The colour of lines drawn along sea walls have … Continue reading

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Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches 19 October 2012

Here Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches September 2012 I posted about what had been happening over the summer since July when Mike Badger wrote to beach hut owners at Holland Haven to say steps were going to be removed as the … Continue reading

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