#riverpollution — Public Fediverse posts
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WATCH: The growing citizen science movement collecting data to help monitor Thames health
A growing citizen science movement is helping to monitor river pollution by tracking litter across sites between Hammersmith…
#London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU ##riverpollution ##RiverThames ##Thames21 ##wetwipeisland #Britain #GreatBritain #Hammersmith #london
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/836413/ WATCH: The growing citizen science movement collecting data to help monitor Thames health ##riverpollution ##RiverThames ##Thames21 ##wetwipeisland #Britain #England #GreatBritain #Hammersmith #london #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Amsterdam just banned ads for #meat and #FossilFuels. Who’s next? This topic intersects #animals, #deforestation, #FreshWater overuse, #RiverPollution, ocean #DeadZones, #topsoil erosion, #ethics, #wildlife, #biodiversity, #LandUse, #GHGs, #ClimateCrisis & #respect. open.substack.com/pub/veganhor...
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The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
#Environment #ClimateChange #RiverWye #Pollution #Litigation #WaterCrisis #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalLaw #CleanRivers #Sustainability #EcoJustice #RiverPollution #The14
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So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!
Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.
"Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.
"One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.
"Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.
"She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.
" 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'
"Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8zgp4oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/o15LD#WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage
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@CobleandKeel
This #RiverPollution is so shocking. Thanks for posting the article.
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Scientists in Bangladesh have found microplastics in frogs and fish. Ninety percent of frogs sampled there had tiny pieces of plastic in their bodies, threat...
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This article about a #Devon river being polluted by paint company owned by #AkzoNobel raises so many Q’s:
1. When a chemical is banned - who is responsible for ensuring remaining supplies are safely dealt with?
2. How many rusty old containers of banned chemicals are close to rivers/ports?
3. What official measures are taken to protect food chain after spill?
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This article about a #Devon river being polluted by paint company owned by #AkzoNobel raises so many Q’s:
1. When a chemical is banned - who is responsible for ensuring remaining supplies are safely dealt with?
2. How many rusty old containers of banned chemicals are close to rivers/ports?
3. What official measures are taken to protect food chain after spill?
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This article about a #Devon river being polluted by paint company owned by #AkzoNobel raises so many Q’s:
1. When a chemical is banned - who is responsible for ensuring remaining supplies are safely dealt with?
2. How many rusty old containers of banned chemicals are close to rivers/ports?
3. What official measures are taken to protect food chain after spill?
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This article about a #Devon river being polluted by paint company owned by #AkzoNobel raises so many Q’s:
1. When a chemical is banned - who is responsible for ensuring remaining supplies are safely dealt with?
2. How many rusty old containers of banned chemicals are close to rivers/ports?
3. What official measures are taken to protect food chain after spill?