Action on climate emergency
Dairy farming river pollution is the focus of work by River Action, who report the following. Increasing intensification of dairy production driven largely by aggressive supermarket pricing pressures, failure to enforce environmental regulations, and inadequate government environmental incentives for dairy farmers are among the factors that have conspired to create one of the largest causes …
Water companies putting profits before people? We might well ask, as record sewage discharges are reported in annual data released by the Environment Agency on 27 March. The data shows a filthy picture of England’s waterways and costal seas. In total, there were 464,056 raw sewage spillages in 2023, with these lasting for over 3.5 …
Yorkshire river pollution at all time high has been reported in a study undertaken by the Angling Trust. Eighty-three per cent of English rivers contain evidence of high pollution caused by sewage and agricultural waste. In Yorkshire this includes the Swale, Ure, Nidd and Upper Ouse. The Guardian reports that hundreds of anglers took part …