Southern Water fined £126m for showing ‘scant regard’ to environment
Southern Water has been fined £126m in penalties and payments to customers for failing to operate a number of its
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Water
UK rivers riddled with plastics, study finds
Greenpeace analysis of 13 UK rivers has revealed how plastic pollution has seeped into many of our key waterways. A
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Coral bleaching found to change fish communities
The repeated bleaching of coral reefs due to rising sea temperatures has been found to have long-term effects on fish
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Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen and prop up the marine food chain
Ocean bacteria is crucial for life on earth but it’s being poisoned by the scourge of plastic pollution. Petra Cameron
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Government creates 41 new marine conservation zones
The government has created 41 new marine conservation zones (MCZs) to expand its protections of the UK’s marine life. The
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Recent North West floods ‘unprecedented’ in modern history
A study of the floods that hit the North of England in 2009 and 2015 has revealed they were the
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UK scientists to probe economic benefits of flood defences in Vietnam
UK scientists will head to Vietnam again to study the economic and environmental benefits of natural flood defences. Researchers, led
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How anaerobic digestion can maximise the value of sewage
Wastewater and sewage aren’t the most appealing of subjects, but it’s certainly one where the old adage of ‘where there’s
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Prove you’re protecting Britain’s seas, EAC tells government
The government must prove its claims that it is surpassing targets to protect Britain’s seas, says the House of Commons’
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UK towns could be abandoned due to flooding, warns Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has issued a stark warning that flooding may become so bad that some of the worst-hit towns
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Hull to get £3.4m flood innovation centre
A new centre to develop new ways of building flood resilience will be established at the University of Hull. The
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Can we turn sewage ‘sludge’ into something valuable?
Over the past few years, I have become an academic expert in ‘sewage sludge’ – the residual, semi-solid mix of
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Record quantities of painkillers and anti-depressents found in Humber estuary
Scientists have found some of the highest levels of pharmaceutical pollution ever recorded in the Humber estuary, which could be
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Yorkshire Water’s ‘acoustic ears’ to save millions of litres of water
Yorkshire Water will install 34,000 ‘acoustic ears’ into its underground pipe network to detect water leaks. The firm will spend
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Banks should reward sustainable farming, report says
When lending money, banks should reward farmers who look after the long-term health of their soil, water and biodiversity, according
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Social identity and peer group ‘nudges’ should be at the heart of water conservation
Targeted behavioural ‘nudges’ from peers can encourage people to save water, research from the University of East Anglia has claimed.
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Somerset village gets new Dutch flood defence scheme
The village of Stolford in coastal Somerset has become the UK’s first place to benefit from a flood defence scheme
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Improving water quality not enough to save Great Barrier Reef, study warns
Improving water quality won’t be enough to protect coral reefs such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from the threat of
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UN urges fashion industry to cut microplastics pollution
The UN has told global fashion retailers they must clean up their act and put a stop to the environmentally
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UK underestimating how polluted its streams and rivers are, study suggests
The UK may be underestimating how poor the water quality is in its streams and rivers, according to scientists from
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