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Why are water companies pumping Britain’s seas full of filthy sewage? Because they can | George Monbiot
Fines are treated as a business cost, the Environment Agency is toothless – the whole thing stinks
What’s remarkable is not that a water company knowingly and deliberately poured billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea to cut its costs. What’s remarkable is that the Environment Agency investigated and prosecuted it. Every day, water companies pour tonnes of unprocessed filth into England’s rivers and seas, and the government does nothing.
Even in the wake of the sentence last week, under which Southern Water was fined £90m, the company’s own maps show a continued flow of raw filth into coastal waters. Same shit, different day. The only occasions on which water companies are allowed by law to release raw sewage are when “exceptional rainfall” overwhelms their treatment works. But the crap keeps coming, rain or no rain.
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Outcry over plans for Sussex holiday village next to rare bird habitat
Center Parcs proposal for 223-hectare woodland site faces opposition from activists and locals
Center Parcs has been criticised over plans to build a complex on rare bird habitat in Sussex, next to a site of special scientific interest.
The holiday company announced it was applying to create its sixth UK holiday village on 223 hectares (551 acres) of woodland in Worth Forest, West Sussex. They hope to attract Londoners down to the wood, which was selected because of its transport links to the capital.
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New AEMO boss wants Australian grids to handle 100 pct renewables by 2025
"Unchartered territory:" AEMO's Daniel Westerman wants Australia's grids to be able to handle 100 pct renewable penetration within four years.
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UK fixes post-2030 carbon budget, commits to front-loading net zero effort
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Water industry in England failing on raw sewage pollution, Environment Agency finds
Southern Water was one of the worst-performing companies in 2020, according to report
The water industry in England is failing to cut pollution from spills of raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters, the Environment Agency has said.
Southern Water, which was fined a record £90m last week for dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea, was one of the worst-performing companies in 2020, according to the EA report on Tuesday.
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Trina Solar joins SBTi Initiative, underling its support for 1.5°C emissions reduction target
Trina Solar has formally joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and signed the Business Ambition for 1.5°C pledge.
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Great Solar Business Podcast: Golden rules for effective solar sales
Solar sales guru Dean Mannix on how to compete in a brutally competitive environment.
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Monash team boosts solar and wind generation forecast accuracy by 45%
Research led by Monash Uni says accuracy of wind and solar forecasts boosted by 45%.
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Raze paradise to put in a biofuel crop? No, there are far better ways to tackle climate change
Adani says it wants kids to take climate action, while it grows fossil fuel empire
Adani says it wants kids to take personal responsibility for climate action, while new research shows the depth of its fossil fuel ambitions.
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