12 Mar 2026
Image description: A river with boats moored. Photo by Victoria Feliniak on Unsplash The Environment Agency (EA) has awarded £430,000 payout to the West Country Rivers Trust, following six clay pollution incidents in Cornwall by Imerys Minerals Limited. The EA confirmed the payment after its investigation found multiple failures at Imerys operations, including damaged […]
05 Mar 2026
Image description: A polluted river with a plastic bottle floating on the surface. Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Thousands of serious pollution incidents by water companies in England were allegedly downgraded by Environment Agency (EA) staff without visiting to investigate, the Guardian has exclusively revealed via a whistleblower’s account. New data was unearthed […]
05 Mar 2026
Image description: An aerial view of a data center located in Colraine, Northern Ireland. Photo by Geoffrey Moffett on Unsplash New inquiry launched into the environmental impact of data centres in the UK MPs have launched a new inquiry on the environmental impacts of data centres in the UK, as Energy Secretary Ed Miliband […]
05 Mar 2026
Image description: a person in a grey jumper filling up a glass of water from a tap. Photo by SHTTEFAN on Unsplash South West Water (SWW) has pleaded guilty to supplying water unfit for human consumption after a parasitic outbreak in Devon left about 17,000 households and businesses issued with a ‘boil water’ notice last year. The prosecution […]
26 Feb 2026
Image description: Rain drops falling into a shallow pool of water. Photo by reza shayestehpour on Unsplash Despite the South West region experiencing rainfall 62% higher than the national average in 2025, South West Water (SWW) has announced a 17% reduction in storm overflow use and a 25% in cut spill duration over the past […]
26 Feb 2026
Image description: A brown sewage outflow pipe is embedded in rocks, with water gushing into a body of water. Image by Jacob Antony on Unsplash Research shared exclusively with the New Statesman reveals Thames Water illegally polluted waterways with raw sewage at least 8,499 times between 2021 and 2025, showing five years of new regulations have failed to address the company’s environmental degradation, according to the […]
26 Feb 2026
Image description: A dead fish lies on its side on the rocky bed of a river. Image by Oguzhan Aydin from Pixabay. Yorkshire Water has been fined more than £700,000 for repeatedly releasing sewage into a country park stream in Derbyshire, the Environment Agency (EA) said. Yorkshire Water was issued with the penalty after pleading guilty to three offences of sewage pollution in Pools Brook country park […]
26 Feb 2026
Image description: A red and white sign nailed to a wooden fence is in the foreground, with a sandy beach and sea in the background. The sign reads “beach closed, no swimming”. Image by YM, Unsplash. A group legal claim against South West Water (SSW) alleging sewage pollution into coastal waters is harming businesses and individuals has been extended across Devon and Cornwall. […]
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