24 Feb 2022

‘Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, World Water Tech Innovation Summit, 22 February 2022 Thank you for inviting me back. ‘………..  Two years ago I said that all of us need to think differently if we are to tackle successfully the new reality of the climate emergency. Today I want […]

17 Feb 2022

Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health – study BBC ‘Pollution of the world’s rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a “threat to environmental and global health”, a report says (see link below). Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely detected in a University of York study. The research is among the […]

10 Feb 2022

The Guardian Jan 29th Sandra Laville and Rachel Salvidge ‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsened As public disgust at foul waterways in England grew, the body responsible for protecting them tried to stifle internal criticism The internal email dropped into staff inboxes at a time when public outrage about pollution in English […]

10 Feb 2022

https://www.ciwem.org/news/tackling-sewage-borne-litter Guest blog by Dr Peter Matthews, past president of CIWEM and former chair of Natural Resources Wales Government is currently calling for evidence on commonly littered and problematic plastic items. In line with its stated commitment to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042 it is consulting on bans on a range of single-use plastics. It wants […]

10 Feb 2022

Environment Agency ‘Enforcement Undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency: 10 September to December 31 2021′ Environment Agency ‘Our approach to enforcement undertakings (EUs) An EU is a voluntary offer made by an offender to: put right the effects of their offending put right the impact on third parties make sure the offence cannot happen again […]