21 Aug 2025
Image description: Fishermen from Qarmat Ali with the Nahr Bin Umar oilfield across the Shatt al-Arab River. They complain that due to pollution and the river’s increased salinity, they often pull in dead fish. Image by Daniela Sala / The Guardian. The Guardian recently reported on the decline of Iraq’s Hawizeh wetlands, part of […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: A swimmers back profile as they stand chest-high in water. Photo by Chris on Unsplash A new government analysis revealed thousands more waterways are being used for swimming and boating in England than were previously recorded. Their data revealed 3,347 “water recreation locations”, places where people take part in activities including swimming, […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: Aerial view of the Hong Kong skyline at dawn. Photo by Simon Zhu on Unsplash Hong Kong firm in lead to buy Thames Water Hong Kong’s CKI, an infrastructure company is reportedly a leading contender to buy Thames Water if the heavily indebted company collapses in coming weeks, according to the Times. […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: Aerial view of two tractors driving toward each other along parallel lines. Photo by Johny Goerend on Unsplash After legal pressure from campaign group River Action, the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs has closed what they claim was “a major loophole”; manure can now only be spread when crops actually […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: A field of dry grass. Image by Alexandre Debiève / Unsplash The National Drought Group met this week with the current water shortfall situation in England now defined as a “nationally significant incident” according to the Environment Agency. The agency reported that five of its fourteen operational regions are already in drought, […]
10 Jul 2025
Image description: a red tractor ploughing a field, with white birds surrounding it. Image by Tian Dayong / Unsplash. The Guardian has broken a story on an Environment Agency (EA) insider blowing the whistle on what they describe as a “deliberate and ongoing cover-up” of the public health and environmental dangers of spreading sewage […]
10 Jul 2025
Image description: A drak green hosepipe stored away in a garden. Image by VariousPhotography / Pixabay Yorkshire Water is introducing a hosepipe ban affecting more than five million people, that come into effect from Friday (11 July). It marks the first hosepipe ban to be declared in the UK this year. Yorkshire Water said […]
10 Jul 2025
Image description: The River Seine in Paris, flowing in front of the Eiffel Tower. Image by Jenny Frost / Unsplash The River Seine reopened to public swimmers in Paris on Saturday July 5, marking the first time since 1923 that bathers could take a dip in the iconic waterway following a years-long cleanup effort. […]
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