23 Mar 2022
On 17 March we covered a report by the Senedd’s Climate Change Committee which was calling on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to tackle sewage discharges made by water companies into Welsh rivers. There was a report of over 105,000 incidents of untreated sewage being dumped into Welsh rivers. Further information on this […]
10 Nov 2021
Taking The Initiative | The Wye and Usk Foundation Taking the initiative – blog by the Wye & Foundation 8th Nov 2021 In August we reported on our work with a group of Herefordshire farmers to reduce the impact of agriculture on the health of the river Wye. Hosted by Kate Speke-Adams, the Foundation’s Head of […]
30 Jun 2021
Helen Stace updates on the tragic state of the River Wye and the impact on our wildlife. The River Wye should be a proud and joyous example of a healthy river, considering that it is a notified Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation, national and international designations intended to protect the […]
20 Apr 2021
Fish Legal and Angling Trust drag Defra and EA back to High Court Angling Trust, Fish Legal & WWF ‘With state of our rivers very much in the public eye since lockdown began and cuts to environmental watchdogs, Fish Legal, Angling Trust and its partner WWF have gone back to court because the Department of […]
09 Feb 2021
The Guardian ‘A local authority has admitted it should not have granted planning permission for a vast broiler unit in the “poultry capital of Wales” after campaigners crowdfunded a judicial review. Powys county council opposed the legal challenge, brought by activists from Sustainable Food Knighton (SFK). Knighton is a small market town near the border with England. […]
07 Oct 2020
Guardian: River pollution leads to Welsh demand for halt to intensive chicken farms ‘Pea soup’ algal blooms in River Wye cited as example of damage to habitats as coalition calls for moratorium on planning permission. As rivers in Wales deteriorate and fill with pollution, a coalition of groups has called for a moratorium on planning approval for […]
02 Sep 2020
Protecting Our Local Rivers from Pollution by Industrial Farming The pollution of the Wye this summer by farms have been widely reported on by national and local media. Now concerned residents of the Golden Valley in Herefordshire are crowdfunding to take on Herefordshire County Council On 3 June 2020, Herefordshire County Council gave its approval to a planning application […]
19 Aug 2020
See BBC coverage click here Fish Legal is currently advising members Gwent Angling Society in respect of a major pollution to hit the River Llynfi in mid-Wales. Literally the day after the last touches were carried out to a remediation project that saw the river put on the road to recovery after a devastation pollution […]
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