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Headlines today - devastating flooding in Japan, Austria, Italy & UK. So why is Barratt appealing a refusal by Chichester District Council to build 285 new homes on a tidal inundation zone? Why put more homes at risk? JBA Consulting Jess Brown-Fuller MP Steve Reed Environment AgencySE

The ability of local authorities to prepare for future #flooding and #climatechange will be tested next week in an important Appeal Inquiry on the south coast. Defra UK The Times and The Sunday Times Environment AgencySE Guardian Environment Climate Change Committee LGA Coastal Special Interest Group Local Government Association (LGA) ITV News Meridian sussexexpress.co.uk/news/east-witt…

No 6 MEDMERRY This is a walk through one of the UK’s most exciting and dynamic environmental projects thetimes.com/article/4e7215…

March for Clean Water in central London on Sunday 3rd Marchers are encouraged to wear blue on the day! The muster point is Albert Embankment SE1 7HF at 11am, with the March starting at 11:45. For more information marchforcleanwater.org

Tens of thousands of people came from rivers & seas across the country to march through London in the biggest water demonstration in UK history. It was so large that people were still leaving the Albert Embankment as the procession entered Parliament Square. All those marching

Why is Southern Water spending £1.2 billion on a prototype energy intensive scheme to recycle effluent to use as drinking water instead of fixing leaky pipes and collecting more rain water? Guardian Environment BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight Feargal Sharkey sussexexpress.co.uk/your-world/dea…

Why is a country with a high rainfall & flooding not collecting more rainfall and preventing leaks and fresh water wastage rather than spending billions on energy and capital intensive schemes that will result in us all consuming more forever chemicals? sussexexpress.co.uk/your-world/dea…

The Sun says a stunning 4 m sculpture of a periwinkle at Medmerry looks like a giant poo. Locals don’t care if it brings national attention to their amazing environment and its issues with poo! The irony is the sculpture was part funded by Southern Water! sussexexpress.co.uk/community/loca…

Here is a link to a talk on Southern Water's plans for effluent recycling. [youtu.be/_fIA-AsgDdE](youtu.be/_fIA-AsgDdE) The deadline to respond to the consultation is 4th December. Please share widely.

This ruling demonstrates that planning authorities should sequential test all sites at future flood risk and government must reassess housing numbers allocated to low lying coastal areas with high BMV land Chichester District Council Defra UK Angela Rayner sussexexpress.co.uk/community/cdc-…

Local authorities and local communities are best placed to know what developments are needed in their area, not central government or large developers. Jess Brown-Fuller MP Local Government Association (LGA) Liberal Democrats sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/j…

Manhood Peninsula full of sewage tankers as burst pipe in Almodington pushes strained mains sewage system to breaking point. Tankers are having to empty pumping stations in Birdham, Brackleshsm and the Witterings sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/fl…

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Researchers have found more than 100 unique chemical pollutants in Chichester and Langstone harbours. An analysis of seawater, seaweed and shellfish found chemical pollutants surged more than 100-fold after sewage discharges bbc.com/news/articles/…

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UK spending watchdog censures water firms and regulators over sewage failings theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Wetlands are some of the most productive engines of the planet’s biodiversity. Protecting wetlands means protecting life and their survival is directly linked to the future of our planet’s biodiversity. #WetlandsForOurCommonFuture #WetlandsMatter