05 Jun 2025
Image Description: Water treatment facility from a birds-eye view. Image by Tom Fisk. The Independent Water Commission has released its interim report, ahead of its final findings due in the Summer. Sir Jon Cunliffe, Chair of the Commission, has set out five areas where he believes wide-ranging and fundamental change is needed to reset […]
05 Jun 2025
Image: A man paddleboarding. Image by Kampus Production / Pexels. In March, the government announced reforms which it says will modernise “outdated” regulations around bathing water quality, and will “keep pace with Britain’s love of swimming”. The system for monitoring the more than 550 designated, outdoor, swimming sites in England and Wales will be […]
29 May 2025
Photo description: Tower Bridge straddling the Thames. Image by Albrecht Fietz / Pixabay Thames Water has been fined a total of £122.7m for breaching rules over sewage spills and shareholder payouts, as Ofwat finalised both the penalty and enforcement order which have been imposed on the company. A £104.5m penalty has been issued for […]
29 May 2025
Image description: Brown Wooden Gavel on Brown Wooden Table. Image by Katrin Bolovtsova / Pexels. A German court has confirmed that major corporations with high emissions can be held liable for the impacts of their climate change contribution on communities. This came as part of the overall ruling in the case of Peruvian farmer […]
29 May 2025
Photo description: A mixed wildflower meadow, full of purple and yellow flowers. Image by Couleur / Pixabay Government fails to endorse a proposed Nitrogen Strategy Government ministers have stopped short of endorsing a dedicated Nitrogen Strategy during a House of Lords inquiry into nitrogen pollution. Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and Water Minister Emma Hardy […]
29 May 2025
Image description: An aerial shot of the alps, covered in snow. Image by Leonhard Niederwimmer / Pixabay A glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten collapsed, triggering a massive rockslide that buried the Alpine village under ice, mud, and debris. Blatten, home to around 300 people, has been largely destroyed as a result. Villagers […]
29 May 2025
Image description: One of the new signs as part of the history and wildlife trail. Credit: Groundwork Yorkshire. The latest phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains initiative has launched along Holderness Drain in East Hull, transforming previously underused land into a linear park, expanding the city’s wildlife and history trail, and improving access to fishing. […]
22 May 2025
Image description: A winding river through a dark landscape, with the sun in the centre of the sky. Image by Pixabay. A new study finds nearly a third of all antibiotics that people consume, equivalent to 8,500 tonnes, end up in the world’s rivers every year. Previous studies estimating environmental antibiotic pollution at global […]
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