Egypt’s Choices on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Egypt’s water security depends on balancing domestic innovation with diplomacy that transforms the Nile from a source of contention into a catalyst for shared prosperity.
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Madagascar’s President Was Ousted After Youth Protests. Now What?
The young people who toppled the government are now confronting questions about what’s next, and who will deliver on their demands.
Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards
The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the publicThe UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Britain’s biggest farm assurance scheme misled the public in a TV ad about i…
Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase chargesBusiness live – latest updatesWater bills for millions of households in England are to increase by even more than expected after the …
Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers
Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and UskAlmost 4,000 people in England and Wales are taking legal action over what they allege is six years of sewage pollut…
Thames Water removes 100-tonne fatberg from west London sewer
Toxic mass chiselled out of Feltham pipes amid campaign to stop people tipping harmful substances down drainsA team of water engineers have spent a month blasting and chiselling a 100-tonne fatberg loose from under the streets of west London.The blocka…
Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens
Masoud Pezeshkian says subsidence is also ‘a disaster’ in city of 10 million, which consumes quarter of Iran’s waterIran’s president has claimed Iran has no choice but to move its capital from Tehran to the south of the country due to the city’s over-e…
Gaza City Exodus Is Overwhelming Relief Efforts, Aid Agencies Say
The hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanded ground offensive are further straining services, aid groups say. Hospitals are overflowing, water is low and diseases are spreading.
Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions
Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse.
£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years
Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was builtLondon’s desalination plant has cost more than half a billion pounds since 2010 and has run only five times, delivering 7.2bn litres of drinking water, r…