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by Max Jones Oxford University Press, hb, pp352, 20 £ The Last Great Quest isn't a biography of Scott, but an examination of the impact that his story had on [...]

by Ranulph Fiennes Hodder and Stoughton, hb, pp508, 20 £ Ranulph Fiennes is the first of Captain Robert Scott's many biographers to have also 'walked a thousand miles on poisoned [...]

The article discusses the issues being lobbied by the Water Management Working Group of the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) in Great Britain. One of the biggest issues the EIC reportedly is working on is the way Office of Water Services (Ofwat) structures funding, which may put at risk one fifth of jobs in the water technology sector in Great Britain. It is stated that EIC has been also pushing for the improvement in the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems for years.

The article examines the importance of the success of a campaign by the British Environmental Industries Commission calling for the government to make river quality targets more ambitious. The results of a survey of rivers across the country conducted by the Environmental Agency are discussed. The agency is called to exert efforts to promote transparency and improve river water quality by capitalizing on the leadership of the British water industry in innovation.