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Campaigners @fishlegal.bsky.social have filed a judicial review claim against an Environment Agency plan intended to address diffuse water pollution in the river Wye, with the group arguing that the plan fails to take “decisive action” to tackle pollution in the river ⬇️
Episode 178 is available on all 🎧 major streaming platforms now pod.fo/e/39ca88
Hannah Spencer the new MP for Gorton and Denton surrounded by politicians
This week's ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡ with special guest @shaunspiers1.bsky.social on green politics, Labour's by-election loss and Reform UK.
"I think we might be living in an age of populism now where people are so fed up with politics and the difficulties of getting change."
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The “spirit” of Liz Truss remains in government through the Planning and Infrastructure Act and the “lazy rhetoric of deregulatory Trussonomics”, Labour MP @chrishinchliff.bsky.social has said ⬇️
"Regulators have the power, but not the duty, to keep flood barriers in good shape, and the courts may not oppose decisions to stop maintaining them..."
Lawyer Angus Evers unpacks what a recent ruling means for flood-prone areas and those seeking to take on environmental watchdogs in court ⬇️
The minister spoke at the launch of @wclnews.bsky.social's ‘Clean Water Now’ campaign, which has called for a new ‘apex water quality target’ 💡
DEFRA is “exploring setting new ambitious targets for the water environment”, to work with the “wider” targets set out in the revised Environment Improvement Plan, water minister Emma Hardy has said ⬇️
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This week's ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡with Jo Morley 🎧 head of campaigns and advocacy at Surfers Against Sewage discussing the big problems with UK sewage pollution and what needs to be done to fix them.
Listen now 🎧 on all major streaming platforms
And with 📺 sewage in the spotlight, thanks to Channel 4's factual drama on the sewage scandal - Dirty Business - we are granting free access to our film on sewage pollution for this week only ⬇️
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Fish riding a wave of sewage bursting through a television screen
"Everyone is worried about their health and I think as a parent myself, anyone watching this is just going to be horrified to think if that was their child. Is it safe to swim in our seas?"
Listen to Jo Morley 🎧 campaigner at @sascampaigns.bsky.social to discuss Dirty Business and sewage pollution
The film can be accessed at the link below.
It features interviews with experts, EA whistleblowers, and those who have been directly impacted. It also features Ashley Smith of @windrushwasp.bsky.social – the detective portrayed in the C4 drama by David Thewlis
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Brave whistleblowers have also been key to uncovering the sheer scale of the sewage pollution scandal.
We are granting free access to our 2022 film with @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social on how the river Severn, Britain’s 'Amazon', has been allowed to deteriorate and the dire consequences.
The spotlight is back on sewage pollution following the debut of Channel 4’s new series ‘Dirty Business’ 🎥
This factual drama comes after years of investigative work across the country, the death of 8-year-old Heather Preen bringing home the real world consequences of pollution going unchecked ⬇️
The mother of an eight-year-old girl who died after swimming in polluted waters has told ENDS she is calling for water companies to be brought back into public ownership, on the back of a new factual drama on sewage ⬇️
Having come close to the chopping block, mandatory net gain has survived long enough to mark its second birthday. Where is it really at? @jamesfairwild.bsky.social reports ⬇️
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On this week's 🎙️ ECO Chamber podcast, Jamie Bevan from NRW shares his experience of the Sea Empress Disaster of 1996
"I can remember once being on a beach I was up to my knees in oil almost. And I had a sack of dead birds on each shoulder, just looking around at all the devastation around me."
The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, has been given a new role focusing on energy policy, through which he has pledged to remove “the daft, the dither and the delaying regulations” 🔽
The group behind the landmark Supreme Court ‘Finch’ ruling hopes that its next judicial review could have a similar impact, but this time on the UK's methane policy ⚠️
David Burrows reports ⬇️
…And that’s a wrap. The ENDS Power List 2026 is now closed to submissions 🥳
ENDS would like to thank everyone who sent nominations. This year’s crop of entries takes the Power List to new heights 🌟
The process now begins to select the final 100 names and reveal them in late spring. Stay tuned!
Watch as 30 years ago this week, the BBC's @iolowilliams.bsky.social – then working for the RSPB – gave his views on the Sea Empress running aground off Milford Haven, Wales.
Today ENDS looks back at the 1996 disaster to find out what happened for nature afterwards.
To watch the 🎞️ video and read-up in full > visit ENDS Report> www.endsreport.com/article/1947...
The Sea Empress disaster of 1996 was a turning point in UK environmental policy.
But what happened?
Today, ENDS turns back the clock to revisit the tragedy and find out what lessons have been learned 30 years on.
Link to the full video and archive in comments.
The Welsh government has been given the green light to launch its deposit return scheme in 2027 with glass included, however there will be a four-year transition period during which glass drinks containers will carry a zero-pence deposit.
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Have you already sent your ENDS Power List nomination? 🏅
Our final deadline is the end of next Monday 16 February – follow this link to nominate the UK environment sector champion(s) you know or work with!
➡️ surveys.haymarket.com/s3/The-ENDS-... ⬅️
The ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡ with special guest Ellie Strike from @theoep.bsky.social on the government's updated Green Book.
"This isn't a nice to do. This is something that should really be ingrained and embedded in policymaking."
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