10 Apr 2025
Image description: Water being boiled on a stove. Image by Anna Shvets / Pexels. South West Water owner Pennon has revealed that a major water contamination incident in Devon last year has contributed to a cost hit of £36 million in “reshaping and transformation” costs. Pennon was forced to add a “triple layer of […]
10 Apr 2025
Image description: Wide shot of the houses of Parliament. Image by Dominika Gregušová / Pexels. The UK Parliamentary Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) inquiry is currently considering whether enough is being done to address the risks of PFAs in the UK and whether research institutions and the Environment Agency are equipped to detect and […]
10 Apr 2025
Image description: A wading curlew foraging in water. Image by Rober So / Pexels. New planning reforms could push species towards extinction and destroy precious habitats, the UK’s leading nature organisations have warned the government. The heads of over 30 UK conservation groups have written to Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed and Housing […]
03 Apr 2025
In one of the largest syntheses of the human impacts on biodiversity ever conducted worldwide, a team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich looked at terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats, as well as including all groups of organisms, including microbes, fungi, plants, invertebrates, fish, birds […]
03 Apr 2025
The UK government has recently announced a £16 million funding boost to improve flood protection for farmers and rural communities. The additional funding will go toward internal drainage boards (IDBs) to boost farm and rural flood resilience, bringing the total IDB Fund to £91 million. The government reported that an expected 400,000 hectares of agricultural […]
03 Apr 2025
Published just ahead of World Water Day by WWF and GlobeScan, The Future Water Agenda: How water can lead the way for sustainability and collective action details the top global concerns. Water pollution is viewed as a ‘very serious’ issue by 63% of people. Photo: Rebecca Bliklen Three other water-related issues – depletion […]
03 Apr 2025
River being given legal rights A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from pollution and to enjoy its native biodiversity. The move by Lewes District Council in East Sussex to recognise the fundamental rights of the River Ouse is the […]
03 Apr 2025
Nature charities are pressing the prime minister and chancellor to stop demonising wildlife and to urgently strengthen environmental protections in new planning laws, the Guardian reported. The RSPB, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts, are calling on MPs to back amendments to the planning and infrastructure bill to end what they say is the […]
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