Water Pollution

In the last few minutes, the government has seen its plan to ditch water pollution laws defeated in the House of Lords. The amendment to the Levelling Up Bill was designed to encourage housebuilding, but Labour decided to oppose it in dramatic fashion. Read More

Cambokeels mine water discharge into the River WearThe Coal Authority is seeking expressions of interest from contractors to deliver design and construct and construct only services for new mine water treatment schemes and to refurbish existing facilities. The treatment of metal mine water will also fall within this scope to…

The “engineered living material” is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer and genetically engineered bacteria that produce an enzyme to convert organic pollutants into benign molecules. Theophylline, a molecule commonly found in tea and chocolate, was engineered to cause bacteria to self-destruct. This provides a method for removing…

Environmental groups have condemned government plans to scrap water pollution rules for new housing developments in England – which ministers claim will allow up to a hundred thousand new homes to be built. Under an amendment going through the House of Lords – developers will no longer have to pay…

Site owner Keepmoat will donate £100,000 while subcontractor Applebridge will hand over £35,000. An investigation by the Environment Agency found that Pitty Beck was polluted a number of times between October 2016 and November 2018 while construction was underway. The companies submitted Enforcement Undertakings to the Environment Agency, which have…

Back to homepage / Europe Paris 2024 Olympics High levels of water pollution in the Seine River caused two swimming events to be cancelled over the weekend, after two others successfully went ahead on Thursday and Friday. A year ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, organisers say there is no…

TravelStories about the polluted state of the water in British rivers are rarely absent from the news — so how can you know where is safe to swim?  ByKatie Binns Published August 10, 2023 • 5 min read This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The popularity of…

A new report reveals how, in 2021, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank) awarded multimillion-dollar loans to Pronaca, one of the largest companies in Ecuador, for it to expand its pig and poultry farms in the province…

Calls from the international community are growing for the release of five environmental activists fighting water pollution and mining in El Salvador who were arrested in January.A lack of evidence behind the allegation that they were involved in a civil war-era kidnapping and murder has raised questions from U.S. officials…

Environmental experts have revealed that the obsession with fast fashion is fuelling an environmental crisis. AFP News/MARTIN BERNETTI Environmental experts have revealed that the obsession with fast fashion is fuelling an environmental crisis. Each year, the US alone sends 10 million kilograms of clothing waste to landfill. Cotton is a…