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. […]
27 May 2025
Sea temperatures around the UK and Ireland have risen over the past week, with some regions now measuring up to 4°C above average — a spike that could impact marine ecosystems and swimmers alike. Dr Ségolène Berthou at the Met Office explained that “marine heatwaves in UK waters usually last around two to four […]
27 May 2025
Image: The Statue of Liberty by Stephen Tafra Empire Windfarm has been given the go-ahead after a u-turn by the Trump administration. Only last month, 16th April, President Trump issued a stop-work order on Empire Wind, a USD 5 billion project to build a wind farm off the coast of New York. At the […]
27 May 2025
Image: EU flags at the European Commission by Guillaume Périgois The General Court of the European Union has ruled that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) must be properly protected from fishing practices such as bottom trawling. New regulations had been adopted on 8th December 2022, providing stronger levels of protection. However, the German fishing association […]
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