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Pollution

July 2024

  • a lithium ion battery

    ‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds

  • Chickens at a commercial poultry farm.

    Chicken industry must halt expansion to stop ‘environmental scandal’ in River Severn

  • The Havant Thicket reservoir will be the first to be built in the UK for three decades

    £1.2bn plan to turn sewage waste into drinking water branded a ‘white elephant’

  • Traffic in Los Angeles

    Pollutionwatch
    Lower air pollution may help preserve older people’s independence – study

  • Large pod of pilot whales almost wiped out after stranding on Orkney beach

  • Debt, sewage and dividends: the rising tide of Thames Water’s troubles

  • ‘No stone will be left unturned’: authorities vow ‘big investigations’ as Derrimut chemical factory fire smoulders

  • Thames Water fails to complete 108 upgrades to ageing sewage works

  • Wessex Water’s TV ad banned for omitting sewage record

  • Rise in sewage pollution from Thames Water’s ageing treatment works

  • From water to wood-burning stoves: 11 green challenges Labour must solve

  • Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital

  • ‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems

  • ‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their doom, coral reef study finds

  • Ruling paves way for businesses and public to sue water firms over sewage

  • Pass notes
    Chalfont St Giles: why one of England’s best-kept villages absolutely stinks

June 2024

  • Blackpool beach last week.

    Observer letters
    Come on in – the water’s full of sewage

    The irony of publicising a seaside supplement next to a headline about effluent in the sea was not lost on readers
  • Trees reflected in a tranquil river on a misty early morning

    Tory deputy chair dismissed sewage crisis as ‘political football’

    Angela Richardson accuses campaigners against polluted water of putting Conservative MPs in danger
  • A man on a rock above a beach with a wooden board in his hand

    The Great British Seaside
    From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach

    Lycra, neoprene, polystyrene and other potential pollutants have become near-ubiquitous but there are alternatives – if you know where to look
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