03 Jan 2018
Rivers in England are contaminated with powerful insecticides, new testing has revealed, increasing concerns over the impact of the toxic chemicals on fish and birds. Neonicotinoids were banned from use on flowering crops in the European Union in 2013 due to the harm they cause to bees and other vital pollinators. Following even more evidence of harm, […]
29 Dec 2017
A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove. He told BBC News – Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst – that he wants to reduce the amount of plastic used in the UK, and to make it simpler for people to recycle. Environmentalists fear Mr Gove will be […]
29 Dec 2017
See: Plastic Bottle Tracker PBT TWO articles 1.The Environmental Audit Committee calls for the introduction of a UK-wide deposit return scheme for plastic bottles, a requirement to provide free drinking water in public premises, and to make producers financially responsible for the plastic packaging they produce. Read the report summary Read the conclusions and […]
29 Dec 2017
Communications and strategy challenges of the plastics Issue – Chris Rose Any campaigns taking on the plastic crisis face some significant communications and strategy challenges. These include getting rid of the L-word, the visual ‘less is more’ problem (debris > microplastic), the communications legacy effect and potential motivational dead-ends of beach clean-ups, and the inability […]
12 Dec 2017
The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry that will consider the nature, scale and impacts of nitrate pollution on the environment and human life, and review the Government’s approach to the regulation of the chemicals concerned and its approach to reducing them. Nitrates are damaging to the environment as, once they are released […]
18 Oct 2017
Water UK (see below) have responded quickly to the WWF and call for a debate – well perhaps this report and the EA’s report highlighting the growth of serious pollution incidents – will prompt that debate. No wonder UK Government wants to get rid of the polluter pays and the precautionary principle! Water UK response […]
23 Aug 2017
An article and a video from the Angling Trust highlight the scale of the problem. Whilst the Environment Agency, to their credit, are still highlighting individual prosecutions the sheer scale of the problem has been highlighted by this recent work. The Grenfell effect is probably at work, a combination of a push for quick profit, […]
17 Aug 2017
Welsh Water’s pesticide disposal scheme achieves 100% approval rate Trial collected over 1,600 kgs of pesticides and herbicides Free and confidential disposal scheme was offered to targeted rural areas across Wales 100% of participants said they would recommend the scheme Welsh Water’s free and confidential pesticide disposal scheme has been hailed a success after it […]
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