Feargal Sharkey
@Feargal_Sharkey
"Regularly touts on Twitter", Secretary of State for Environment, Thérèse Coffey.
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20-10-2015 10:30:22
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It really is the most extraordinary disgrace that Welsh Government / Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales would 1) not only fail to protect the Wye 2) not only dismiss the attempts of ordinary people to rectify the damage 3) but to *JUSTIFY* their dismissal by implying those very people are the problem.
You what, Wales? No protective bathing status for Wye because ‘having bathers in the river will harm the environment, considering its protected status'
Swimming is now officially an act of resistance. #LoveYourRiver #savethewye
theguardian.com/commentisfree/… theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Here ya go, here's a whole list of them (incomplete).
@Thameswater, United Utilities, Southern Water, South West Water, Severn Trent, Anglian Water, Wessex Water, Yorkshire Water 💧, Northumbrian Water and on and one and on...
MH Innovation River Trent. In 2023 Severn Trent spent 21,776 hours on 2,939 occasions dumping sewage into river.
Currently listed by EA as generically achieving just 'Moderate' ecological status.
Among primary reasons for not achieving 'Good' status, why would you look at that, sewage. 🤬
Did I mention that the largest source of pollution in England's rivers is agriculture?
And National Farmers' Union does what exactly?
Feargal Sharkey This isn't publishing real time data. It's a map of ticks on a proprietary platform, hidden behind an inaccessible website, behind innumerable conditions buttons in a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.
Here we go again. 😢
More environmental catastrophe at the mouth of the Tees - this time a mass wash up of dead cockles at Hartlepool.
Those we trust to be guardians of our local environment are failing badly.
Vote them out!
Feargal Sharkey Chris Packham
Feargal Sharkey Thames Water 💧 It was over 18 hours at one point, then the figures mysteriously changed later that day 🤷♀️ This dumping is such a regular occurrence at this not-fit-for-purpose facility. Yet demand keeps being allowed to increase through developments, with insufficient investments and upgrades
Thanks Feargal Sharkey Key message to customers of Yorkshire Water 💧 seems to be, 'Don't worry, we've got this in hand, trust us!'
Reassured anybody?
Watch this!
experience.arcgis.com/experience/45b…
'UK water sports alliance calls on government to end ‘death-knell’ pollution.'
Well done British Rowing et all.
theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…