#sewage — Public Fediverse posts
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GOWER: Protesters to rally at Caswell Bay this Saturday — one of Swansea’s Blue Flag beaches — as new data reveals Welsh Water’s worst decade for pollution
Caswell Bay — one of Swansea’s Blue Flag beaches, as recognised just this week — will be among the locations hosting a sewage protest this Saturday as grassroots charity Surfers Against Sewage mobilises demonstrators at more than 50 sites across the UK.
The Gower protest takes place at Caswell Bay at 10am on Saturday 16 May. A further demonstration is planned at Broad Haven in Pembrokeshire at 1.30pm, and at Porthcawl’s Coney Beach at 3pm.
The protests coincide with the start of the bathing season and new polling revealing that more than half of the UK public — 53% — worry they will get sick if they swim in rivers, lakes or seas due to poor water quality. One in six say they or someone they know has already become ill from sewage pollution.
Caswell Bay (Image: Visit Swansea)The Welsh picture is stark. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water discharged sewage more than 100,000 times in 2025, for over 813,000 hours. The company recorded its highest number of pollution incidents in a decade in 2024 and has now received a two-star environmental performance rating for three consecutive years.
NRW data published last year showed Welsh Water was responsible for 155 pollution incidents in 2024, including 132 linked to sewerage assets — a 42% rise over ten years. The Loughor estuary was among the worst-affected catchments. Welsh Water was subsequently ordered to pay a £45 million enforcement package after a watchdog found serious and unacceptable breaches in its operation of sewage works.
In Wales alone, Surfers Against Sewage received 202 sickness reports linked to polluted water in 2025. Welsh Water customers face annual bills of £639 — among the highest across England and Wales — while 41% of the company’s revenue goes towards servicing debt rather than improving infrastructure.
Kate Bassett-Jones, protest lead at Broad Haven, said the local beach saw 116 sewage alerts in 2025 alone — a pollution warning every three days.
“For a place renowned for its stunning coastline and thriving marine environment, this should not be happening,” she said. “Local people should be able to enjoy the sea safely all year round, and visitors should not have to worry about getting sick when they come to Pembrokeshire. Communities are fed up with sewage pollution being treated as normal. Enough is enough.”
A placard at the Bishopston Treatment Works protestSaturday’s protest is not the first time Gower residents have taken direct action over the issue. A “Pooped Off” demonstration was previously held near Welsh Water’s Bishopston treatment works, with campaigners citing repeated discharges near Caswell and Brandy Cove.
Community groups have also been running their own water quality monitoring — Gower Society volunteers collected more than 275 samples across 13 beaches last winter, using Surfers Against Sewage laboratories, after NRW acknowledged it only has the budget to test between May and October.
Giles Bristow, chief executive of Surfers Against Sewage, described Wales’s water system as catastrophically failing, with polluted waters, high bills and a lack of accountability.
“Welsh Water has spent years illegally dumping sewage, misleading regulators and using customer bills to pay executive bonuses, all whilst water users get sick and foot ever-increasing bills,” he said. “Meanwhile, a failing regulator plods along without proper funding or power to tackle the problem.”
Natural Resources Wales, which regulates the water industry in Wales, has been affected by repeated budget cuts and is increasingly viewed by campaigners as unfit for purpose. A Senedd committee has warned that it does not have the resources needed to properly protect Welsh waterways, while the regulator has announced plans to adopt a higher tolerance of risk when investigating pollution incidents.
Bristow said campaigners were paddling out across Wales to show the newly-elected Welsh Government they would not back down until it takes the action needed to end the sewage crisis.
Protesters are calling for legally binding targets to end untreated sewage discharges into Welsh waterways, more funding and enforcement powers for Natural Resources Wales, and a world-leading water quality testing programme. Currently, water quality testing takes place only during the May to September bathing season at designated bathing waters — while people in Wales swim, surf, kayak and fish year-round.
Among those joining protests elsewhere in the UK is Julie Maughan, whose daughter Heather Preen died from E. coli after visiting a Devon beach in 1999. Actors from Channel 4’s docudrama Dirty Business — which told Heather’s story and has drawn comparisons with Mr Bates vs the Post Office — are also supporting the protests.
Saturday’s protests follow commitments from all political parties during the recent Senedd election to tackle sewage pollution, which campaigners describe as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the Welsh water system.
The full list of Welsh protest locations on Saturday 16 May: Caswell Bay, Swansea (10am); Llanberis, Llyn Padarn (11am); Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire (1.30pm); Porthcawl, Coney Beach (3pm); Barry Island, Whitemore Bay (4pm); Aberystwyth, North Beach (6.30pm).
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
SWANSEA: Four of Swansea’s beaches once again fly the Blue Flag — as the city’s marina picks up the award too
Caswell, Langland, Port Eynon and Swansea Marina all retain their Blue Flag status in 2026.Welsh Water told to pay £45m for ‘unacceptable’ sewage failures
Ofwat found serious and unacceptable breaches in how Welsh Water operated its sewage works, leading to excessive spills.Welsh Water under pressure as sewage pollution incidents hit ten-year high
NRW data showing 132 sewerage pollution incidents in 2024 and the Loughor among the worst-affected catchments.Residents say they’re ‘Pooped Off’ with Gower sewage spills
Gower residents staged a demonstration at Welsh Water’s Bishopston treatment works over repeated discharges near Caswell and Brandy Cove.Gower volunteers’ success in winter-water testing to fight sewage in the sea
#BlueFlag #CaswellBay #pollution #sewage #SurfersAgainstSewage #WelshWater
The Gower Society collected 275+ samples across 13 beaches last winter, filling the gap left by NRW’s May-October testing budget. -
Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean
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More local governments are extracting phosphorus from sewage sludge for fertilizer, aiming to reduce the country's reliance on imports amid increasing global prices reflecting the Middle East tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/10/japan/extracting-phosphorus-from-sewage-sludge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sewage #localgovernment #chemicals #agriculture #recycling
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Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean | Gibraltar | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean -
“Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean. Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as territory still has no treatment plant.” But the wet wipes on its beaches - they’re from Spain! #Gibraltar #Spain #Sewage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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State study finds PFAS in sewage sludge spread on NC farmland, with no limits in place
https://www.wral.com/news/local/nc-study-pfas-sewage-sludge-spread-farmland-no-limits-april-2026/
A state study found PFAS in sewage sludge, soil and water across North Carolina. Despite widespread use on farmland, there are no limits or required testing for the chemicals…
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73% of the World's Marine Protected Areas Are Polluted by Sewage: What Can Be Done?
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73% of the World's Marine Protected Areas Are Polluted by Sewage: What Can Be Done?
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73% of the World's Marine Protected Areas Are Polluted by Sewage: What Can Be Done?
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73% of the World's Marine Protected Areas Are Polluted by Sewage: What Can Be Done?
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73% of the World's Marine Protected Areas Are Polluted by Sewage: What Can Be Done?
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“I reckon you’re either built for #sewage, or you’re not."
Behind this door is the huge #fatberg that can’t stop depositing #poo balls on Sydney’s #beaches >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/09/sydney-fatberg-door-beach-poo-balls
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UK Petition - please sign and share widely!
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640
#petition #uk #ukpol #water #weownit #nationalise #ecocide #ecology #environment #biodiversity #sewage
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UK Petition - please sign and share widely!
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640
#petition #uk #ukpol #water #weownit #nationalise #ecocide #ecology #environment #biodiversity #sewage
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UK Petition - please sign and share widely!
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640
#petition #uk #ukpol #water #weownit #nationalise #ecocide #ecology #environment #biodiversity #sewage
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UK Petition - please sign and share widely!
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640
#petition #uk #ukpol #water #weownit #nationalise #ecocide #ecology #environment #biodiversity #sewage
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UK Petition - please sign and share widely!
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640
#petition #uk #ukpol #water #weownit #nationalise #ecocide #ecology #environment #biodiversity #sewage
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Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership
Hold a binding national #referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership.
Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our #privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership
Hold a binding national #referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership.
Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our #privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership
Hold a binding national #referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership.
Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our #privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership
Hold a binding national #referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership.
Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our #privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership
Hold a binding national #referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership.
Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our #privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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As a Green, I’m appalled by the damage private water companies are doing—but even if the environment isn’t your priority, they’re still ripping us off. Watch this excellent explainer by Kat at #WeOwnIt, then write to your MP: water should be nationalised, and Thames Water must not dodge environmental fines until 2030. https://youtu.be/zeqr52JCy1w
#thamesWater #waternationalisation #sewage #greenparty #GPEW
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As a Green, I’m appalled by the damage private water companies are doing—but even if the environment isn’t your priority, they’re still ripping us off. Watch this excellent explainer by Kat at #WeOwnIt, then write to your MP: water should be nationalised, and Thames Water must not dodge environmental fines until 2030. https://youtu.be/zeqr52JCy1w
#thamesWater #waternationalisation #sewage #greenparty #GPEW
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As a Green, I’m appalled by the damage private water companies are doing—but even if the environment isn’t your priority, they’re still ripping us off. Watch this excellent explainer by Kat at #WeOwnIt, then write to your MP: water should be nationalised, and Thames Water must not dodge environmental fines until 2030. https://youtu.be/zeqr52JCy1w
#thamesWater #waternationalisation #sewage #greenparty #GPEW
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As a Green, I’m appalled by the damage private water companies are doing—but even if the environment isn’t your priority, they’re still ripping us off. Watch this excellent explainer by Kat at #WeOwnIt, then write to your MP: water should be nationalised, and Thames Water must not dodge environmental fines until 2030. https://youtu.be/zeqr52JCy1w
#thamesWater #waternationalisation #sewage #greenparty #GPEW
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As a Green, I’m appalled by the damage private water companies are doing—but even if the environment isn’t your priority, they’re still ripping us off. Watch this excellent explainer by Kat at #WeOwnIt, then write to your MP: water should be nationalised, and Thames Water must not dodge environmental fines until 2030. https://youtu.be/zeqr52JCy1w
#thamesWater #waternationalisation #sewage #greenparty #GPEW
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Using water to combat ICE
https://popular.info/p/using-water-to-combat-ice
> Across the country, local and state officials are fighting to prevent U.S.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/polio-virus-detected-in-london-days-before-ministers-cut-global-eradication-funding. "The #polio #virus was detected in #London #sewage for the second time this year, days before #ministers withdrew funding for global polio eradication efforts. Its detection reveals the spending cuts to be 'short-sighted & self-defeating', campaigners said." They are absolutely right.
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The Destruction of Nature is a Cost of War
by Ci Davis
We have become accustomed to seeing the human impacts of war, from starvation in Sudan to the almost 100,000 killed in Gaza, but most people will be less familiar with the environmental impacts. On February 28th, another Middle East war broke out when the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran. In the first few hours, the Supreme Leader was killed, followed by the bombing of a school, killing 150 Iranian schoolgirls, and soon after, columns of smoke began to rise from targeted hits on petrochemical infrastructures.
Over the past three weeks, oil refineries, gas fields, tankers, nuclear facilities, desalination plants, oil storage tanks, air bases, and industrial areas have all been attacked. The water, marine and toxic-air pollution are a consequence of the smoke from the multiple infernos, from the widely dispersed toxic fragments, and from the many chemicals and heavy metals that escape into the soil and water, caused by thousands of bomb and missile strikes
The human and environmental costs of another war prompted two protests in Sheffield. On 21st March, 150 people demonstrated outside the Town Hall to call for an end to the war on Iran and also made connections with other current conflicts, including Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine and Cuba.
Our media tends to represent the environmental impacts of war as collateral damage, an unfortunate side effect, but really, they are a deliberate and targeted means of disrupting the lives of people by making their connection to land fragile or even untenable. No clearer example exists than the use of Agent Orange to defoliate the forests of Vietnam that left millions of Vietnamese and hundreds of thousands of US veterans with multigenerational health disorders and birth defects. Environmental harm is one of the ways that war impacts lives that can last many decades.
The environmental impacts of war cannot be separated from the environmental costs of the military machine itself, which is responsible for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, which rose by a staggering 9.4% in 2024. The US military is the largest institutional emitter of GHGs that are responsible for climate change, burning 270000 barrels of oil daily. Countries are not required to produce figures for the wartime emissions, but recently it is estimated that the war in Ukraine has produced 237 million tonnes of CO2, the Gaza conflict 32 million tonnes and in the first 5 days of the Iran war 5 million tonnes. At a time when all countries should be doing everything to reduce climate and environmental damage, the resort to war is escalating the harm.
Apocalyptic images, showing clouds of black toxic smoke blocking out the sun over Tehran, following the bombings of local oil depots on 7th March, are haunting. The oily residues, soot and sulphur-laden smoke, combined with a rare rainstorm, produced acid rain, causing immediate respiratory impacts with a lasting health legacy. For people who had already experienced chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war, this environmental warfare was experienced as chemical warfare again.
Impact of War on the Environment Author: Sayedqudrathashimy1991 Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe Middle East is experiencing the climate crisis through water insecurity. The conflict in Syria, which displaced 1.5 million people between 2007 and 2010, was in part precipitated by drought. There are clear parallels to Iran today. After six years of drought, the water supply to Tehran was at just 11% capacity, and the shortage of water to drink or to supply agriculture contributed to protests in January 2026. War is exploiting this suffering, with all parties having targeted water and sewerage systems that, if continued, threaten to displace people throughout the region, as well as causing severe health impacts.
Most of us will be familiar with the skeletons of buildings and mountains of debris from TV images of Gaza. The 61 million tonnes of rubble are laden with asbestos, unexploded weapons, dead bodies, and untreated sewerage that has rendered the land unfit for agriculture. The clearance will take decades and burn through hundreds of thousands more tonnes of fossil fuel, and we are seeing the same thing being repeated across Iran and the Gulf.
Years after wars end, the land, air and sea will remain contaminated. Thankfully, the deliberate targeting of the environment is becoming recognised in International Law as a war crime or ecocide and can be punished under the ICC’s Rome Statute. If it is demonstrated that the military intentionally launched an attack, knowing that it will cause long-term severe damage to the natural environment, that is excessive to the military advantage anticipated, then prosecutions may follow.
As the war drags on, it risks total destruction of the oil-fields, spillage of nuclear material, and depleted Uranium contamination. These huge environmental threats will have global impacts, experienced as economic shocks and agricultural losses, threatening food security. War demonstrates our intimate connection with the land and the importance of environmental protection.
Most people oppose the war, the use of UK bases in support of it, and sending the military to the Middle East. We should make our voices heard, calling upon world leaders to respond to our opposition and pull back from the brink, for the sake of people and the planet.
For more information on what you can do, contact: [email protected]
References
Gayle, D. (2025, May 31). What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/what-is-ecocide-and-could-it-become-a-under-international-law
Gayle, D. (2026, March 20). From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/down-to-earth-iran-us-israeli-war-environmental-destruction
Holmes, O., Gayle, D., & Ahmedzade, T. (2026, March 23). Tehran’s toxic cloud: Satellite images show oily fires burned for days. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/tehran-toxic-cloud-satellite-image-oil-fires
Meadway, J. (2026, January 15). How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests
Moneer, Z. (2026, March 22). Water Infrastructure Has Become a Target in Modern Warfare. Earth.Org. https://earth.org/from-lifeline-to-strategic-weapon-how-water-infrastructure-becomes-a-target-in-armed-conflicts/
Neimark, B., & Mackintosh, K. (2025, November 4). How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.4yt3f6ys7
New data reveals the Military Emissions Gap is growing wider. (2025, November 6). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/new-data-reveals-the-military-emissions-gap-is-growing-wider/
Palmer, M. G. (2005). The legacy of agent orange: Empirical evidence from central Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 60(5), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.037
Photos: Dire water shortages pile misery on Gaza’s starving population. (n.d.). Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 March 2026, from https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/4/unprecedented-water-crisis-in-gaza-amid-israeli-induced-starvation
The US-Israel war on Iran and how war and conflict are destroying the environment. (2026, March 19). Greenpeace International. https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82201/iran-lebanon-war-environment-climate-impacts/
Three days of Operation Epic Fury: Rapid overview of environmental harm in Iran and the region. (2026, March 3). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/three-days-of-operation-epic-fury-rapid-overview-of-environmental-harm-in-iran-and-the-region/
#AcidRain #AgentOrange #ChemicalWeapons #Cuba #DepletedUranium #environment #Gaza #GreenhouseGas #Iran #Iraq #Lebanon #nuclear #Oil #sewage #SheffieldAntiWarCoalition #Sudan #Ukraine #Vietnam #War #Water -
Seriously wrong: Flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate change
Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance Boston, nestled at the northern end of the Fens, is on the frontline of the UK’s flooding crisis, which experts say could lead to some towns being abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/boston-lincolnshire-flooding-reform-uk-richard-tice-climate -
Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution
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Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution
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Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution
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Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution
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Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution
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Well so much for an early night, I've just watched all of 'dirty business', a three part docu-drama about the terrible state of the UK water industry and the pathetic state of its Government regulator.
Thatcher, Cameron & Truss, who'd think they'd be the bad guys?
I feel conflicted about some of it. If those sewage plants were as terribly maintained as shown then while its obviously bad that the water company is not maintaining things properly its also terrible that the inspectors are not inspecting. Whether the water company or the inspectors are private or publicly owned that fact doesn't change. Who poiices the police? Smarmy Eton turds who've escaped untreated but polished, that's who....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Business_(TV_series)
#DirtyBusiness #TV
#EnivronmentAgency
#Sewage #Eton #OldSchoolTie -
Well so much for an early night, I've just watched all of 'dirty business', a three part docu-drama about the terrible state of the UK water industry and the pathetic state of its Government regulator.
Thatcher, Cameron & Truss, who'd think they'd be the bad guys?
I feel conflicted about some of it. If those sewage plants were as terribly maintained as shown then while its obviously bad that the water company is not maintaining things properly its also terrible that the inspectors are not inspecting. Whether the water company or the inspectors are private or publicly owned that fact doesn't change. Who poiices the police? Smarmy Eton turds who've escaped untreated but polished, that's who....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Business_(TV_series)
#DirtyBusiness #TV
#EnivronmentAgency
#Sewage #Eton #OldSchoolTie -
Well so much for an early night, I've just watched all of 'dirty business', a three part docu-drama about the terrible state of the UK water industry and the pathetic state of its Government regulator.
Thatcher, Cameron & Truss, who'd think they'd be the bad guys?
I feel conflicted about some of it. If those sewage plants were as terribly maintained as shown then while its obviously bad that the water company is not maintaining things properly its also terrible that the inspectors are not inspecting. Whether the water company or the inspectors are private or publicly owned that fact doesn't change. Who poiices the police? Smarmy Eton turds who've escaped untreated but polished, that's who....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Business_(TV_series)
#DirtyBusiness #TV
#EnivronmentAgency
#Sewage #Eton #OldSchoolTie -
Well so much for an early night, I've just watched all of 'dirty business', a three part docu-drama about the terrible state of the UK water industry and the pathetic state of its Government regulator.
Thatcher, Cameron & Truss, who'd think they'd be the bad guys?
I feel conflicted about some of it. If those sewage plants were as terribly maintained as shown then while its obviously bad that the water company is not maintaining things properly its also terrible that the inspectors are not inspecting. Whether the water company or the inspectors are private or publicly owned that fact doesn't change. Who poiices the police? Smarmy Eton turds who've escaped untreated but polished, that's who....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Business_(TV_series)
#DirtyBusiness #TV
#EnivronmentAgency
#Sewage #Eton #OldSchoolTie -
Well so much for an early night, I've just watched all of 'dirty business', a three part docu-drama about the terrible state of the UK water industry and the pathetic state of its Government regulator.
Thatcher, Cameron & Truss, who'd think they'd be the bad guys?
I feel conflicted about some of it. If those sewage plants were as terribly maintained as shown then while its obviously bad that the water company is not maintaining things properly its also terrible that the inspectors are not inspecting. Whether the water company or the inspectors are private or publicly owned that fact doesn't change. Who poiices the police? Smarmy Eton turds who've escaped untreated but polished, that's who....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Business_(TV_series)
#DirtyBusiness #TV
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Detection And Spatial Modelling Of Trends In UK Rainfall Frequency
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2622458 <-- shared paper
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