So that’s how they do it. I’d been wondering how, when more sewage has been entering our rivers than ever before, some of the water…
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Noise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds
Noise pollution from traffic stunts growth in baby birds, even while inside the egg, research has found. Unhatched birds and hatchlings that are exposed to…
View More Noise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third
The number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists has increased by more than a third at UN talks to agree the first global treaty…
View More ‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a thirdWorld must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks
As UN talks begin to agree the first global treaty to reduce soaring plastic waste, the chair of the meetings has said he is confident…
View More World must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat
The water industry regulator has spent £26.7m on business consultants in the past five years, including several companies that have simultaneously worked for private water…
View More ‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws
Whistleblowers say UK water companies are knowingly failing to treat legally required amounts of sewage, and that some treatment works are manipulating wastewater systems to…
View More ‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage lawsEPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action…
View More EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicalsHospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows
Waterborne diseases such as dysentery and Weil’s disease have risen by 60% since 2010 in England, new figures reveal. Analysis of NHS hospital admissions by…
View More Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?
In a dilapidated warehouse in Rafah, Soha Abu Diab is living with her three young daughters and more than 20 other family members. They have…
View More ‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges
Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and…
View More Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges