Action on climate emergency
Fifth of all water lost research has found – with a staggering 2.87bn litres lost daily, through leaking pipes. Water firms in England and Wales are wasting around five times more water through leaky pipes than a nationwide hosepipe ban could save, a Greenpeace UK analysis of official figures reveals. The findings come as millions …
Yorkshire Water boss row has Ofwat, the water watchdog, criticised over an undisclosed offshore payment made to Nicola Shaw Yorkshire Water’s chief executive, the Yorkshire Post reports. Ofwat ruled that the payment of £600,000 did not flout the bonus ban rule. Ms Shaw was paid a total of £1.3m over the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial …
Call for stronger climate commitments by activists ahead of ‘critical’ COP30 as World leaders are gathering in Belém, Brazil, for their meeting on tackling climate change. The “Conference of the Parties” (COP), the annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting is being held 10 years after the Paris climate agreement at which countries pledged to try …
Drilling in North Sea oilfields could still happen, despite court rulings earlier this you that prevented the go-ahead of several new North Sea oilfields, as the UK government publishes guidance on how it will consider fresh applications for oil and gas projects. Operators will now have to draw up new environmental impact assessments that take …