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MPs debate Labour motion that would set aside parliamentary time to pass Labour’s water quality (sewage discharge) billRishi Sunak is seeking to capitalise on his improved relations with the EU with hopes of an agreement to allow British passport holde…
More than 300 barriers were taken down last year, boosting the health of waterways and the wildlife they support, say expertsA record number of river barriers, including dams and weirs, were removed across Europe in 2022, with at least 325 taken down i…
If Tory MPs vote down opposition day motion, Labour can accuse them of thwarting attempts to clean up rivers, beaches and chalk streamsLabour is planing to use the same Commons procedure that helped remove Liz Truss from Downing Street to force Conserv…
Plans to create green space cancelled because soil contamination levels pose risk to human healthPlans to plant a new woodland have been cancelled after local councillors discovered a field was so saturated with sewage the soil could be too toxic for t…
EPA to use statutory powers to investigate whether conditions in Darling-Baaka River breach state environment lawsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New…
Reusables have 25% less global heating potential, finds UK government report, but overall picture is mixedEnvironmental campaigners are calling on the UK government to take action after new analysis found a significant difference between the carbon foo…
NSW environment agency took almost a month to release full results of six water samples taken from Darling-Baaka River five days after eventSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communi…
Campaigners worry about scheme’s impact on marine ecosystem but Planetary Technologies says concerns misplaced“Planetary can stick it up their waste pipe,” read one of the many waspish placards at the north Cornwall beach where more than 300 protesters…
Madrid says regional authorities’ proposals for water use threaten Doñana world heritage siteSpain’s environment minister has accused the Andalucían regional government of engaging in “short-term electoral demagoguery” and playing into the hands of the…
Labour analysis shows that raw sewage was discharged into cabinet ministers’ constituencies for 180,759 hours last yearMore than 7,500 days’ worth of raw sewage was dumped in the constituencies of cabinet ministers last year, an analysis has found.The …