‘Dirty secret’: insiders say #UK #WaterFirms knowingly break #sewage laws

Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader #SewageScandal, with #wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/dirty-secret-insiders-say-uk-water-firms-knowingly-breaking-sewage-laws
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #DirtyParty #Pollution #PublicHealth

Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers

Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales

#Salford residents and visitors bemoan contaminated river -

‘Would you swim in that?’: Salford residents and visitors bemoan contaminated river

People who live and work near most #sewage-infested #waterway in #England despair of any imminent change
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/30/would-you-swim-in-that-salford-locals-bemoan-contaminated-river
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #ProfitBeforePeople #DirtyParty #SewageScanda #ShittyOldEngland

Low-income #California #Latinos at higher risk from #Parkinson’s-linked #weedkiller

Analysis finds majority of #paraquat, banned in 60 countries, is used in counties where Latinos make up 75% of the population or higher
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/29/weedkiller-paraquat-parkinsons-disease-low-income-california-latinos
#ProfitBeforePeople #ProfitBeforeEnvironment
#environment #Food #PublicHealth

'4m hours of raw #sewage discharges in #England in 2023, data expected to show

Exclusive: #EnvironmentAgency figures due out on Wednesday to reveal 129% increase in total discharges on previous 12 months'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/26/4m-hours-of-raw-sewage-discharges-in-england-last-year-figures-expected-to-show
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #DirtyParty #pollution #Environment

‘I’ve seen solid waste float by’: Surrey riverside residents try to #StopThePoo

The #sewage treatment works at Horley seem to be crumbling, much like owner #ThamesWater itself
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/12/surrey-horley-sewage-works-thames-water
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPollutionParty #DirtyParty #ProfitBeforeEnvironment

#British and [Northern]Irish #waterways in desperate state from #pollution, report reveals

Not a single waterway in England or Northern Ireland in good overall health, according to #RiversTrust
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/26/british-irish-rivers-desperate-state-pollution-report-trust

#ToryPoliciesInAction #DirtyParty #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #Agriculture #Sewage

83% of #English #rivers have evidence of high #pollution from #sewage and #agriculture

Exclusive: Hundreds of anglers take part in UK’s largest #CItizenScience water-testing project
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/30/english-rivers-pollution-sewage-agriculture-uk
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PollutionParty #ProfitBeforeEnvironment

#WaterFirms in #England and #Wales ordered to cut £114m from bills

Fewer than half of companies meeting their targets on leaks, says the regulator, #Ofwat
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/26/water-firms-england-wales-cut-customers-bills-ofwat

#ToryPoliciesInAction #DirtyParty #WaterCompanies #Pollution #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #Environment #Water