Water company fines to be invested back into the environment
Under new plans, money from water company fines will be invested directly back into environmental and water quality improvement projects.
Times coverage of bathing water pollution inspections
Today we are looking at coverage in the Times of the Environment Agency’s inspections of bathing water pollution incidents.
Media coverage of Government response to EAC inquiry on water quality
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Today we are looking at coverage of the government response to the EAC report into water quality in rivers.
Great British Beach Clean coverage
Today we are looking at media coverage of the results of the 2021 Great British Beach Clean
Defra response to microplastics coverage
Today we are looking at media coverage of research into microplastics in the air we breathe.
Funding boost for farmers to tackle water pollution
There is media coverage in the Times and Daily Express today (2 August) on the government’s expansion of the popular Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) programme to cover every farm in England. The programme – which is a partnership between Defra, …
Too many water companies still failing to protect environment
This afternoon’s blog looks at media coverage of the Environment Agency’s annual assessment of the environmental performance of England’s water companies.
£2.8bn water company investment to help green recovery
In today's blog we look at coverage of Ofwat’s announcement of a draft package of over £2.7 billion investment from water companies as part of their plans to help the country build back greener from the pandemic.
Microplastics in rivers and Coca Cola's recyclable plastic pledge
This morning there has been extensive coverage in the Daily Mail, Times, the I, Daily Mirror, Sky News and Daily Express of a Greenpeace survey of 13 UK rivers which found that they all contain varying levels of microplastics. Greenpeace …
Greenpeace calls for 30% of the world’s ocean to be protected by 2030
There is coverage today in The Guardian and Sky News of Greenpeace’s new 30x30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection study.