Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

The Guardian

MPs say the Environment Agency is too weak to stop an “out-of-control” dumping crisis. Years of political choices have hollowed out regulation.

#EnvironmentAgency #FlyTipping #UKPolitics #SewageScandal
https://thewhipline.substack.com/p/de-fanging-of-environment-agency

Defanged Environment Agency is too weak to stop illegal tips

MPs say the Environment Agency is too weak to stop illegal dumping. Years of politicians' choices have hollowed out enforcement powers.

The Whip Line

‘Our village is blighted with mountains of fly-tipped rubbish – there have even been fires’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/24/our-village-blighted-mountains-fly-tipped-rubbish-even-fires-27623751/

'I'm trapped in Dubai and spent hours in a crowded cell for laughing with my pals'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-trapped-dubai-spent-hours-36891647

The 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 Government says it is "𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" to "stop waste criminals in their tracks", but opposition 𝗠𝗣𝘀 say their plans "𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩".

#FlyTipping #UJKlabour #EnvironmentAgency

#Channel4 #DirtyBusiness @[email protected] Water companies industrially polluting our environment and putting human health at risk backed by a weak compromised #EnvironmentAgency Water Industry must be rigorously regulated NOW. Nationalisation cld be the only effective remedy.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ogvcfrrdy4rdku4kqoegkpjo/post/3mh7bk3u7sp2h

Crackdown on fly-tippers with environment officers set for police-style powers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/crackdown-fly-tippers-environment-officers-36867205

Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests

Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence

The Guardian