FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 21 - The Untold Story

Activists warn of ‘extreme anger’ if ministers fail to reform water regulator

Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024

Almost 500 chemicals found in England’s rivers and groundwater

More than half classed as very toxic, toxic or harmful to aquatic life, with 20 categorised as ‘substances of very high concern’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

The penalties reflect the failings of the Environment Agency and Ofwat as much as the water companies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Landfills across England could be leaking harmful toxic ooze, warn experts

More than 21,000 old sites may be releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into land often left as open space

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

‘It’s a poison and it’s killing us’: the hidden dangers of old UK landfills

With thousands of sites possibly leaking toxic chemicals, some people have already faced years of misery

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

How Tory neglect flooded Britain’s rivers with sewage

On a journey along the Thames – where fury at pollution has spawned a wave of local activism – it is clear that the decline of rivers is among this government’s worst legacies

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024

Citizen testing finds 75% of rivers in Britain in poor ecological health

Data collected by thousands of volunteers reveals ‘truly disturbing’ state of rivers from nutrient pollution

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

Welsh Water fined over mystery sewage dumps in River Wye

Welsh Water was unable to explain two sewage discharges into the River Wye

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024

In defence of the Environment Agency’s dedicated but overstretched staff

Letters: Loyal but underpaid | Extinction Rebellion | Ukraine and Elon Musk | Boris Johnson’s book | Rishi Sunak gets on a small boat

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024

Sunak’s government has almost destroyed Natural England – just for doing its job

After the election, Labour must end the attacks on a watchdog simply trying to protect what little wildlife we have left, says campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024