The Greens have become the second political party to back i’s blueprint to save Britain’s beleaguered rivers amid growing demands for the next Government to take meaningful action to tackle sewage leaks and pollution....
Party leaders are being urged to reform the planning system to protect rivers and other natural habitats....
Dangerous levels of the bacterium Escherichia coli have been found in half of the 27 new bathing sites unveiled by the Conservative Government in May....
Voters overwhelmingly back a call to fine water companies caught discharging sewage and block bosses from receiving bonuses, i can reveal....
Today every political party in Britain is challenged to sign up to a blueprint that will save the nation’s rivers....
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More than 600 homes in a Surrey village have been told not to drink their tap water after tests indicated “a possible deterioration in quality” linked to a historical fuel leak....
A ban on peat compost and the reintroduction of beavers are among some of the environmental pledges the Tories failed to fulfil ahead of July’s general election....
At least 23 advisories are in place warning against bathing at beaches and rivers across England as the swimming season begins....
British shoppers may end up unknowingly buying products linked to the destruction of thousands of hectares of forests under post-Brexit environmental rules, i can reveal....
Such is the dismal state of waterways, the news that United Utilities illegally pumped 10m litres of untreated sewage into England’s most famous lake was not especially surprising. As campaigner Matt Staniek points out, the Environment Agency permits the company to legally pour 13m litres of “treated” sewage into the lake...
The failure of politicians to save the UK’s natural world is a “national embarrassment” that has left Britain in a “last stand fight for life on earth”, TV presenter and environmental campaigner Chris Packham has said....
Lawyers and doctors assisting the first UK tradespeople diagnosed with a lung disease linked to a material used in kitchen revamps believe the cases could mark the “start of an epidemic”....
Every political party is failing to tackle a crisis that has left the UK as “one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world”, the leaders of four major charities have warned....
MPs will seek to make water company bosses criminally liable for sewage spills under plans to amend legislation making its way through Parliament this week....
Paul Lister is proud of the work he has done in recent years to restore habitats and revive endangered species at his Alladale estate in the Scottish Highlands....
The Conservatives are poised to break another promise on the environment as a proposed ban on the sale of peat compost to gardeners looks likely to fail, i can reveal....
