21 nature organisations are calling for urgent measures to help lift England’s rivers, lakes and streams from the bottom of the water quality league table, and warn that drastic action is needed to restore wildlife habitat. Every freshwater body in England currently fails chemical standards and only 16% are classed in good ecological health compared […]
The Rivers Trust’s State of Our Rivers Report will, for the first time, allow every reader in England to understand the health of their local river and what they can do to improve it. Rivers are fundamental to our food and water security, the recovery of nature, and our resilience to the climate crisis. It is […]
Open water advocates say bans and warnings aren’t working and better swimming education will save lives Read more in the Guardian.
Organised by environmental charity Hubbub and supported by The Coca-Cola Foundation, the Treasure Your River campaign aims to collect 95 tonnes of litter and prevent a further 90 tonnes from entering the rivers Avon, Mersey, Severn, Thames, Trent, Forth and Taff. The campaign is supported by the Angling Trust. Read more and get involved in […]
Presented by George Monbiot, with live music from charlotte church. On Wed 14 July at 7pm, “in 60 action-packed minutes, the world’s first live investigative documentary will attempt to find out who is polluting our rivers and why we’re not stopping them.” See Rivercide TV. Covered in The Ecologist.
From the Guardian The head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to reinstate a £120m grant to help increase surveillance of water companies and cut pollution in rivers. Sir James Bevan, the chief executive of the agency, told MPs that water companies and the farming industry, the two main polluters of rivers, were not […]
Introducing the 2019-20 Rivers Trust Review We’re extremely excited to share the 2019-20 Rivers Trust Review, in what has been a pivotal year for our growing movement. The latest publication from The Rivers Trust details the outputs of Rivers Trusts across the UK and Ireland from the last 12 months. In the review, you can find out […]
EA New reports 1. Flood and coastal erosion risk management research and development framework: working with communities This project developed a framework to determine the priorities for future research on how to work with communities to manage the risks associated with flooding and coastal erosion. 2. Review of groundwater flood risk management in England This […]