25 Aug 2022
Environment Agency CEO calls for “complete gear change” in how water companies and water users think about how they use water. The National Drought Group (NDG), made up of senior decision-makers from the Environment Agency, government, water companies and key representative groups met again (23 August) under the chairmanship of Sir James Bevan, […]
25 Aug 2022
Chemicals are just one pollutant threatening our freshwater ecosystems. Sewage, plastic, excess nutrients and waste from farmland all contribute to the dire state of our rivers. Environment Agency data from 2020 showed that all English rivers failed to meet overall quality tests for pollution. Not a single river achieved good chemical status, and only 14% […]
25 Aug 2022
Two-thirds of Europe is under some sort of drought warning, in what is likely the worst such event in 500 years. The latest report from the Global Drought Observatory says 47% of the continent is in “warning” conditions, meaning soil has dried up, the BBC has reported. Another 17% is on alert – meaning vegetation […]
25 Aug 2022
CCW has called for renewed urgency in putting in place a new universal water affordability scheme to provide fair, consistent and sustainable financial help for the 1.5 million households across England and Wales living in water poverty. The water sector’s consumer watchdog says efforts to end the postcode lottery of support for households struggling to […]
25 Aug 2022
Press release from Waterwise: 24th August 2022 Influential campaigning organisation Waterwise has released its Strategic Direction to 2030, setting out how urgent water efficiency is, how progress has stalled, and how as the UK’s conscience on water efficiency Waterwise can help the UK get back on track. Waterwise highlights the challenge we face in the […]
23 Aug 2022
Lib Dems call for Sewage Tax to prevent water firms polluting shellfish habitats. Lobsters, crabs, clams and oysters are the “forgotten victims” of sewage being dumped into the sea and rivers around the UK, new analysis has shown. (Photo credit: Cocklers at work in Morecombe Bay. PA / PA Archive) The London Evening […]
23 Aug 2022
Pollution warnings were put in place for dozens of beaches in England and Wales after untreated sewage was discharged into the sea around the coast. Southern Water is one of the water companies responsible for those regions, along with Wessex Water and South West Water. In a statement, they said: “There were thunderstorms accompanied by […]
23 Aug 2022
UK participation in EU science schemes, including the €95.5-billion Horizon Europe, is now subject to a formal dispute triggered by the UK deepening concerns among researchers and universities that the U.K. is poised to pull out altogether. The European Commission has chosen to link Britain’s previously-agreed involvement in Horizon Europe projects with the ongoing row […]
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