Ash Smith from @windrushwasp.bsky.social, officially launching the event.
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Ash Smith from @windrushwasp.bsky.social, officially launching the event.
Julie Maughan said: “That summer we went on holiday as a family of four and came home as a family of three.
“That is the reality of what polluted seas and rivers can do to our children, and why it's so important that real action, not hollow words, is taken to end sewage pollution.”
Campaigners led by Julie Maughan – the mother of an eight-year-old girl, Heather Preen, who died after contracting E Coli on a Devon beach – are calling for an end to the privatisation of water companies.
The group has asked to meet with prime minister Keir Starmer.
Tonight at 9pm a three-part @channel4news.bsky.social drama, Dirty Business, will spotlight the devastating human cost of the sewage crisis.
Today, a ‘fountain of filth’ has been unveiled on London South Bank to launch the series and spark action.
It’s already drawn in a crowd.
How can a new “super” regulator for the water sector help the government get to grips with the industry? And what’s next for Ofwat? 🌊
Find out & catch up on the latest green news in the most recent episode of the ECO Chamber podcast, with @jamesxparsons.bsky.social and @shoshaadie.bsky.social 🎧
"[The government] needs to use the tools that are available now with existing policies and frameworks..."
Listen to the OEP's 🧑🏼🔬 chief scientist Robbie McDonald on the 🍃 state of nature and what needs to happen next.
Only on this week's ECO Chamber podcast:
🎧 pod.fo/e/3788dc
The search is on for the 100 most influential and effective UK environmental professionals. Can you help us find them?
Our ENDS Power List is now open for nominations. Make yours here...
➡️ surveys.haymarket.com/s3/The-ENDS-... ⬅️
...and read on to find out who we are looking for 👇
If you’re at the Blue Earth Summit today too, please do say hi! 👋
“If reform get elected in the next election, we’re totally f**ked”
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social has told #BlueEarthSummit that this is the environment movement’s “Dunkirk movement”, in the face of “organised, calculated oppression” from the far-right.
He said it’s time to “fight”.
Important 🙌
FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
At the Green Party conference today!
The buzz and energy that Zack Polanski has brought to the party is already palpable, but interestingly there are far fewer events on climate policy/the environment than expected.
If you’re around please do say hi 👋
Energy minister Michael Shanks has just described this Labour conference as an “energy Conference with some Labour fringe events” — and that feels very much the case!
I’ve found less water events than last year, still looking for some events on chemicals policy too. If you’re around, do say hi! 💚
This is definitely one to tune in to! ⚠️
ENDS has teamed up with the same duo that brought you the BBC's Buried podcast ⬇️
A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.
Boy Wasted - a new true-crime series - out next week.
Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast now wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed.
Whatever side of the political spectrum you're on, trying to limit climate change should be something we can all agree on. Renewables are the way forward - they're cheaper in the long-run too.
It's absolutely unethical to weaponise misinformation and get people to act against their own interests.
Years and years of work is going to be undone if we go back on net zero, at a time when the biggest push is needed to meet our climate and nature targets.
These targets aren't just to protect the planet, its to ensure our survival & the future generations survival. Plus they're the bare minimum!
🚨BREAKING 🚨
Steve Reed, former DEFRA secretary, has been appointed as housing secretary following the resignation of Angela Rayner today ⬇️
@chemtrust.bsky.social & other campaigners have called on water minister Hardy to use the revised Environmental Improvement Plan to close the UK-EU “regulatory gap” on chemicals.
This follows the news that a long promised chemicals strategy has been shelved 💡
Letter seen by @endsreport.com ⬇️
Thrilled & honoured to have made the #PPANextGen list of 30 rising stars for 2025 🙏
Extremely grateful to my editors @pippaneill.bsky.social and @jamiecarpenter.bsky.social for putting me forward - plus the hugely @endsreport.com team 💚
Overall, 45 organisations have been allocated a total £10.4m, with funds to go to 51 projects.
60% of the successful applicants were charities, with a handful of local authorities, companies, and other groups also making the cut.
More @endsreport.com ⬇️
🚨EXCLUSIVE 🚨
Who has been granted a slice of the £11m in water company fines ring-fenced for river restoration by the Tories all that time ago?
This is now public, after an EIR request I made in response to the uncertainty over the fate of the fund ⬇️
The dossier proposes a ban on the placing on the market and use of all PFAS in firefighting foams 💡
@chemtrust.bsky.social's Dr Sharma said: “The EU has already agreed to banning PFAS in firefighting foams and the UK must ensure that its restriction is put in place quickly and without any delays."
Finally!
HSE has published its restriction dossier on PFAS in firefighting foams, which will now see a six month consultation 🚨
consultations.hse.gov.uk/crd-reach/pf...
“Faced with political gridlock, businesses increasingly represent an effective lever to move the environmental agenda forward...”
I explore how NGOs are weathering the current geopolitical storm for @endsreport.com, featuring insights from a press trip I recently went on with Novotel x WWF ⬇️
Particularly concerning as there are thousands of unmonitored highway outfalls across the UK, channeling road run-off with chemical contaminants from tyres into rivers, estuaries and the sea ⚠️
We need to get a grip on this!
🌊The government has been advised to review the current water legislative framework, including reforming the Water Framework Directive. But what is proposed, and why are some proposals controversial?
@shoshaadie.bsky.social reports ⬇️
“Farmers are being deceived by the water companies” - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Have you read the sludge files yet? 💡
ENDS revealed 22 tonnes of microplastics are dumped on farms PER DAY via sewage sludge - and that the government has sat on warnings for years ⚠️
Find out more ⬇️
Vegetables grown in an allotment near a Lancashire chemical plant have been found to contain elevated levels of PFOA, a carcinogenic forever chemical ⚠️
Soil samples in nearby residential gardens were also confirmed to contain elevated levels of the chemical.
@pippaneill.bsky.social reports ⬇️
