Headline Stories
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CSO sewage discharges into the Solent: how do 2022 and 2025 compare?
The short answer: the very dry summer of 2025 helped bring total spill hours across the Solent back down to their lowest level since 2020 – but a closer, site-by-site look shows that not…
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The Fawley EDF Green Hydrogen proposal
How does Fawley fit into the UK Government Strategy for Net Zero? First, it may be helpful to recap the three strategic decarbonisation options being considered by the UK Department of Energy Security and…
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CSO sewage discharges into the Solent
How did Solent area Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) do in 2024? The short answer is better than the dreadful year of 2023, but most of this reduction was significantly due to less rainfall in…
Area news
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Southampton / New Forest Waterside development proposals
The Solent coastline is one of the most environmentally sensitive and socially diverse areas in southern England. It is home to internationally designated habitats, long-established communities, and a coastline that supports recreation, industry and…
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Solent Gateway 2
Development at Dibden Bay As an organisation that first campaigned actively against development of Dibden Bay around 20 years ago, Solent Protection Society’s current position is that some level of development of the site…
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Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy
I wrote an article for our 2024/2025 newsletter about the two FCERM (Flood and Coastal Erosion Management) Coastal strategies in the Western Solent. Since publication, the Draft Adaption Pathways have been released to the…
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Baltic Klipper container spill raises wider concerns
This incident draws attention to three distinct areas of concern for Solent Protection Society: Environmental Impacts of Pollution The volunteer trustees of the Solent Protection Society are all too familiar with the environmental damage…
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SPS challenges Southern Water’s WRMP* options and NSIP* intentions
As climate change progresses, rainfall patterns in the UK are expected to undergo significant changes. A summary of the key trends, as viewed by the UK Meteorological Office, shows that the UK is projected…
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ExxonMobil – End of Round One?
By the time the ExxonMobil consultation had closed on 30 September, a significant number of respondents were following Solent Protection Society’s lead in proposing to highlight concerns directly to the Planning Inspectorate and the…
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