Chris Hilson, Professor of Law, Director of the Centre for Climate and Justice, University of Reading. The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae. And the meandering waterway which has long attracted anglers, hikers and poets is now the subject of a major pollution lawsuit. The case – against a […]
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NRW to tackle pollution from abandoned Powys metal mines
Natural Resources Wales is looking to tackle pollution from abandoned metal mines in a community between Llanidloes and Machynlleth.
£1m project to bring boost for wildlife and water quality starts
Work on a project to restore wetland habitat opens up 55km of river for fish and improve community access at a Tees Valley country park will start this week.
Yorkshire tops £1.7m Enforcement Undertakings for 2023
Penalties topping £1.7m were issued to companies across Yorkshire in 2023 for environmental offences.
Stream polluted by “negligent” Southern Water
2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.
Hillside Dairy Farms fined over ‘grossly polluted’ Co Tyrone river
A Co Tyrone business has been fined £5,000 for polluting a river. Hillside Dairy Farms Ltd, at Camderry Road in Dromore, was charged with making a polluting discharge to a waterway in October 2022, and of making a discharge of trade or sewage effluent into a waterway between November 2022 and January 2023. The charges […]
Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) offences
EPR can be used for offences related to regulated facilities, including waste operations, water discharge activities and flood risk activities.
40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management
40 projects across England set to benefit from £25 million funding for using nature to increase the nation’s flood resilience
Waste firm to pay £68,500 for liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire
Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies, under plans announced today (20 February).