Bart Meehan

The Australian bushfires have shocked the world. To fight the fires of the future, we need to work better together, writes Australia-resident Bart Meehan. The bushfires that are devastating so much of regional Australia, have rightly received international attention.

Launching a new report this week on the evidence behind natural flood management, the Environment Agency’s executive director of flood and coastal risk management, John Curtin, said it was Major General Horatio Gates, who formed the American Army Corps of Engineers back in 1778 who first developed the idea.

A survey by the website Click4Reg.co.uk claimed 88% of EV drivers believe the current public charge network in the UK is ‘unreliable’ and a similar number (82%) believe the government is not keeping up with the demand for public EV charge points. The survey also found 96% of EV drivers are dissatisfied with public charge points and almost three quarters (74%) said the availability of charge points was a key factor in deciding where to park.