02 Oct 2025
Image description: The Thames at night with the landmark Shard illuminated on the left. Image by Phil Reid on Unsplash. Sky News reported that the group of lenders which are in pole position to own Thames Water and keep it out of government ownership “are to pledge to the industry regulator [Ofwat] that they […]
02 Oct 2025
Image description: A water glass held up by a hand. Image by Manki Kim on Unsplash. Thames Water’s desalination plant, officially known as the Thames Gateway, has cost more than half a billion pounds since 2010 and has run only five times. Over 15 years it has delivered 7.2bn litres of drinking water, equating […]
02 Oct 2025
Image description: aerial shot of a water treatment plant. Photo by Ian on Unsplash Financial regulator Ofwat, in response to a freedom of information request by Save Windermere campaigning group, revealed United Utilities had been allocated £129m since 2000 to connect non-mains systems, mostly septic tanks, to the mains sewer network and reduce sewage pollution. […]
30 Sep 2025
Photo by NASA Seven of nine boundaries now transgressed The 2025 Planetary Health Check reveals that seven of nine planetary boundaries have now been breached, with ocean acidification joining the danger zone for the first time. The assessment demonstrates that more than three-quarters of Earth’s support systems are not in the safe zone, marking […]
30 Sep 2025
Photo by Ricardo Resende Industry rejects scientific advice as catastrophic The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has recommended zero catch quotas for all cod stocks in the Northern Shelf for 2026, prompting strong responses from fishing industry representatives who warn the advice could devastate fleets across Scotland and England. Mike […]
30 Sep 2025
Photo by Sergejs Horoshmans Massive marine heatwave rivals continental scale A marine heatwave rivalling the size of the contiguous United States has returned to the North Pacific Ocean, marking one of the most significant warming events since monitoring began in 1982. Rachel Hager, a spokesperson for NOAA Fisheries, said this new marine heatwave has grown “approximately […]
30 Sep 2025
Photo Nicholas Doherty Court grants preliminary injunction U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has granted a preliminary injunction allowing Revolution Wind to restart construction on the $6 billion offshore wind project, ruling that the Trump administration failed to justify its sudden decision to halt work on the more than 80% completed development. The judge said that the government’s […]
30 Sep 2025
Photo by Bernd Dittrich Unexpected biodiversity on contaminated surfaces Scientists using undersea submersibles have discovered crabs, worms and fish thriving on the surfaces of Second World War explosives in the Baltic Sea, finding more creatures living on top of warheads than in the surrounding seabed at a former weapons dump site. Andrey Vedenin, study […]
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