04 Dec 2025
The UK Government has published its revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), setting out a new five-year roadmap to tackle the nature and climate crisis while creating a greener and more prosperous future. The plan is required under the Environment Act and is designed to meet targets to restore the natural environment. Water at the […]
04 Dec 2025
The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called on the government and regulators to take immediate and decisive action in response to the committee’s findings on the “failing water sector,” according to a recent statement from the Parliamentary committee’s news service UK Parliament. The Committee’s action follows its inquiry into water sector regulation, which scrutinised […]
04 Dec 2025
Communities across south-east England have launched the first coordinated wave of legal complaints to hold Thames Water accountable for widespread sewage pollution, according to The Guardian. The action involves residents from 13 areas, including Hackney, Oxford, Richmond upon Thames, and Wokingham, who are sending formal statutory nuisance complaints to their local authorities. These complaints demand urgent action from Thames Water, […]
04 Dec 2025
A landmark investigation has exposed a widespread environmental hazard across Europe, where thousands of unlined, forgotten landfill sites are at risk of releasing toxic chemicals into water supplies and ecosystems as rising flood risks driven by climate change threaten to breach them. The findings are the result of the “Toxic Ground” investigation, a collaborative […]
04 Dec 2025
The UK transport sector is facing growing hazards, including flooding and landslides, as a result of climate change making British winters warmer and wetter, according to new guidance released by the Met Office and the Department for Transport (DfT). The two bodies have collaborated on a report outlining the increasing pressures on infrastructure across road, rail, maritime, and […]
27 Nov 2025
Image description: A woman wild swimming in the Lake District. Image by Jaz Blakeston-Petch on Unsplash The Environment Agency has published its 2025 bathing water classifications, showing 87% of England’s 449 designated bathing sites are now rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’. Since last year, the number of “excellent” sites has risen from 289 to 297, […]
27 Nov 2025
Image description: Close up of nurdles washed up on sand. Photo by Sören Funk on Unsplash Plastic nurdles – tiny pellets used by the plastics industry to manufacture larger products – have been found in 84% of the UK’s most important nature sites, according to environmental charity Fidra. The organisation discovered nurdles in 168 […]
27 Nov 2025
Image description: A hand holding a glass underneath a tap of running water. Photo by Swanky Fella on Unsplash A new £25 million challenge-led competition has been launched by Ofwat to drive innovations in water efficiency across England and Wales. The Water Efficiency Lab‘s inaugural round offers £5 million in funding, with grants up […]
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