Leather Cub Andrew Aû<p>Supreme Court Takes a BIG SH*T on You...Literally!</p><p><a href="https://4bear.com/tags/StatusCoupNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCoupNews</span></a> reporting with <a href="https://4bear.com/tags/FoodAndWaterWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodAndWaterWatch</span></a> discussing the <a href="https://4bear.com/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> decision to allow <a href="https://4bear.com/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> in our <a href="https://4bear.com/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://4bear.com/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://4bear.com/tags/WaterContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterContamination</span></a><br><a href="https://4bear.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=FJ7PfchdcJA&si=VfuPEgNtQtZgi0Ia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=FJ7PfchdcJ</span><span class="invisible">A&si=VfuPEgNtQtZgi0Ia</span></a></p>
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John Refior<p>"The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act...</p><p>"In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or 'end result' permits – a new term coined by the court.</p><p>"The case drew the attention of powerful business groups including the National Mining Association and US Chamber of Commerce...</p><p>"'The city is wrong,' according to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the dissenting opinion, which was joined by the three Democratic justices, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson..."<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water</span></a><br>PDF of SCOTUS opinion: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/23-753_f2bh.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WaterSupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSupply</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p>Strum those harp strings again!</p><p>Another <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/flashback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashback</span></a>! </p><p>It was around grade 4 in primary school & my class was sent on a <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/fieldtrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldtrip</span></a>.</p><p>Our destination? <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/LuggagePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuggagePoint</span></a> in <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brisbane</span></a>. </p><p>Why? To be introduced to the smell of <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/rawsewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawsewage</span></a>!</p><p>How did we get there? On dinky little <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ferries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ferries</span></a> along the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/BrisbaneRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrisbaneRiver</span></a>. </p><p>There’s nothing like bobbing up & down for an eternity, thinking you’re going to sink & drown at any moment & then be assaulted by the stench of raw sewage.</p><p>I saw lots of <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a> that day!</p>
Richard Ashwell<p>Sewage dumped illegally in Windermere over 3 years</p><p>A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> illegally into one of England's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.</p><p>More than 140 million litres of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and United Utilities failed to report most of it.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cdrj70dy</span><span class="invisible">nk1o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>BBC uncovers 6,000 possible illegal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> spills in one year</p><p>"BBC analysis suggests dry spills may have started on more than 200 days in 2022, lasting more than 29,000 hours – including during the record summer heatwave when people were cooling off in England’s rivers and seas."</p><p>By Esme Stallard, Jonah Fisher and Sophie Woodcock, BBC News Climate and Science • Becky Dale and Libby Rogers, BBC News Data Journalism Team</p><p>June 13, 2024</p><p>"Every major English <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompany</span></a> has reported data suggesting they’ve discharged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> when the weather is dry – a practice which is potentially illegal.</p><p>"BBC News has analysed spills data from nine firms, which suggests sewage may have been discharged nearly 6,000 times when it had not been raining in 2022 - including during the country’s record <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatwave</span></a>.</p><p>"Water companies can release untreated sewage into rivers and seas when it rains to prevent it <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> homes, but such spills are illegal when it’s dry.</p><p>"The firms say they understand public concerns around dry spilling, but they disagree with the BBC’s findings.</p><p>"They have said the spill data shared with the Environment Agency was 'preliminary' and 'unverified', and also disagree with how the BBC defined a dry spill, which they say differs from the Environment Agency’s approach.</p><p>"The latest findings follow a BBC investigation conducted last year which found 388 instances of possible dry spilling in 2022 by three water companies - Thames, Wessex and Southern - after they shared their data with the BBC.</p><p>"The other six – Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent, South West Water, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water - had refused to share data about when they might be spilling with the BBC. They said it could prejudice an ongoing criminal investigation by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentAgency</span></a> (EA) and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofwat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ofwat</span></a> into their activities."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn46rjej6o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn46rj</span><span class="invisible">ej6o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerCorruptionAndLies</span></a></p>
Dragofix<p>Raw sewage is being poured into our rivers and seas every day. Demand no more sh*t in our waters: add your name <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/add-your-name-secure-right-to-safe-waters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.friendsoftheearth.uk/pe</span><span class="invisible">tition/add-your-name-secure-right-to-safe-waters</span></a></p>
Mrinappropriate<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pvonhellermannn</span></a></span> Bloody tories and bloody water companies giving huge shareholder dividends whilst growing their debt and discharging <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/rawsewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawsewage</span></a>. Bastards. Utter bastards. Yep. Capitalism in action.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Untreated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> illegally pumped into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindermereLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindermereLake</span></a></p><p>by Joe Crowley<br>May 15, 2024</p><p>"Millions of litres of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> were illegally pumped into one of England's most famous lakes after a fault, the BBC can reveal.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedUtilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedUtilities</span></a> failed to stop the illegal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> of Windermere, in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakeDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeDistrict</span></a>, for 10 hours in February and did not report the incident to the Environment Agency until 13 hours after it started.</p><p>"An almost identical incident occurred at the same location in 2022.</p><p>"The firm says it took urgent steps to resolve the incident in February.</p><p>"A pumping station in Bowness-on-Windermere, in Cumbria, normally sends sewage to Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works.</p><p>"But United Utilities documents, obtained by the BBC, show how a telecoms fault on the night of 28 February caused the main pumps to stop.</p><p>"A separate set of emergency pumps then discharged untreated sewage into the middle of Windermere, which is part of a Unesco World Heritage site.</p><p>"It is England's largest lake and one of the country's most popular natural attractions."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv266nqq48xo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cv266nqq</span><span class="invisible">48xo</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NorthumbrianWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthumbrianWater</span></a> told to publish <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> discharge data it tried to hide</p><p>Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NorthSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthSea</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/03/northumbrian-water-told-publish-raw-sewage-discharge-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/artic</span><span class="invisible">le/2024/may/03/northumbrian-water-told-publish-raw-sewage-discharge-data</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThatchersLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThatchersLegacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DirtyParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyParty</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ShittyOldEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShittyOldEngland</span></a></p>
Richard Ashwell<p>Severn Trent Water fined £2 million for ‘reckless’ <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> Agency prosecuted Severn Trent <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> for huge discharge of raw <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> at treatment works in Stoke.</p><p>Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,072,000 for allowing huge amounts of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> to discharge into the River Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, between November 2019 and February 2020. </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rivers</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WaterQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterQuality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/severn-trent-water-fined-2-million-for-reckless-pollution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.uk/government/news/severn-</span><span class="invisible">trent-water-fined-2-million-for-reckless-pollution</span></a></p>
Dragofix<p>Raw Sewage in Tijuana River at Mexico-U.S. Border a ‘Public Health Crisis’ <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tijuana-river-raw-sewage-public-health-crisis.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecowatch.com/tijuana-river-raw</span><span class="invisible">-sewage-public-health-crisis.html</span></a> </p><p>Report Highlights Health Risks of Tijuana River Contamination <a href="https://www.onegreenplanet.org/human-interest/report-highlights-health-risks-of-tijuana-river-contamination/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onegreenplanet.org/human-inter</span><span class="invisible">est/report-highlights-health-risks-of-tijuana-river-contamination/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Tijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tijuana</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a></p>
Livia<p>Southern California's water management during record-breaking rainfall</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthernCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernCalifornia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stormwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stormwater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterManagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSkies</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a> apologises after 200 tankers of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> left in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Surrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surrey</span></a> town - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/12/thames-water-apologises-after-200-tankers-of-raw-sewage-left-in-surrey-town" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">dec/12/thames-water-apologises-after-200-tankers-of-raw-sewage-left-in-surrey-town</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PollutionParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollutionParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a></p>
S Fraser<p>This has just been brought to my attention</p><p><a href="https://www.believeinscotland.org/media-watch-scotland-does-not-have-a-problem-with-raw-sewage-being-dumped-in-rivers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">believeinscotland.org/media-wa</span><span class="invisible">tch-scotland-does-not-have-a-problem-with-raw-sewage-being-dumped-in-rivers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageNonScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageNonScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotlandSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotlandSewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Alarm raised over <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WaterFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterFirm</span></a> job of new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EnvironmentSecretary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentSecretary</span></a>’s wife</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SteveBarclay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBarclay</span></a> married to executive at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AnglianWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnglianWater</span></a>, which is under investigation for potential illegal dumping of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/14/possible-conflict-of-interest-for-new-environment-secretary-steve-barclay-anglian-water-sewage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2023/</span><span class="invisible">nov/14/possible-conflict-of-interest-for-new-environment-secretary-steve-barclay-anglian-water-sewage</span></a></p><p>[more <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a>?] <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MoneyBeforeEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyBeforeEnvironment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a></p>
Jon PENNYCOOK<p>'Thames Water sewage discharges in Berkshire during Storm Ciaran'</p><p><a href="https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23901058.thames-water-sewage-discharges-berkshire-storm-ciaran/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23</span><span class="invisible">901058.thames-water-sewage-discharges-berkshire-storm-ciaran/</span></a></p><p>'Thames Water says it plans to spend some £1.6 billion on upgrading its infrastructure. But it was also reported earlier this year to be struggling to pay off some £14 billion of debt – and has been criticised for paying millions of pounds in dividends each year to its internal shareholders.'<br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/waterways" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>waterways</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Berkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Berkshire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Berks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Berks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Thames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thames</span></a></p>
Cheerful Madness!! 🖤🩶🤍💜<p>Hi there, did you know that raw sewage is being dumped into English waterways the equivalent of 800 times a day? Water companies treat our blue spaces like an open sewer. Meanwhile government and regulators continue to turn a blind eye. This needs to stop. If you're like me and agree that PM Rishi Sunak should take action to stop sewage pollution in UK rivers and beaches, can you add your name?</p><p><a href="https://act.gp/3qvYADp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">act.gp/3qvYADp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/rawsewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawsewage</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanies</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>‘‘Unacceptable’: how <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> has affected rivers in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> – in maps</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of raw <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageDischarges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageDischarges</span></a> were recorded last year. These maps show where these were and what the impact is<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/12/unacceptable-how-raw-sewage-has-affected-rivers-in-england-and-wales-in-maps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ng</span><span class="invisible">-interactive/2023/sep/12/unacceptable-how-raw-sewage-has-affected-rivers-in-england-and-wales-in-maps</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DirtyParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisedWaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisedWaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a>’s most precious <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitats</span></a> blighted by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p><p>Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SpecialScientificInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialScientificInterest</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPolutionParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPolutionParty</span></a></p>
Cheerful Madness!! 🖤🩶🤍💜<p>Hi there, did you know that raw sewage is being dumped into English waterways the equivalent of 800 times a day? Water companies treat our blue spaces like an open sewer. Meanwhile government and regulators continue to turn a blind eye. This needs to stop. If you're like me and agree that PM Rishi Sunak should take action to stop sewage pollution in UK rivers and beaches, can you add your name?</p><p><a href="https://act.gp/3qvYADp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">act.gp/3qvYADp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenpeace</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/rawsewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawsewage</span></a></p>
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