Whaddayaknow Ofwat's big plan to stop WCs paying dividends. Turns out WC's licences already have a clause making it illegal to pay dividends if it would "Impair the ability of the company to finance the regulated water and sewerage business." Who knew? Clearly not Ofwat.

Important to sign.

Totally agree with quote. We are fighting the removal of Important Hedgerows. “Promises to plant new trees are no substitute for looking after those that already exist. Where developers present plans that are harmful to nature, councils must push back and demand alternatives”

A sorrow of #trees Thousands of trees that once breathed life - all gone. Watch, listen and witness, this is #ecocide #M25J10

This doesn't look right at all. Deloitte appears to have used England's housing stock but the *UK* population. If we use the English population for 2021 (56.5m), dwellings per 1k citizens=440. So England is mid-table. Oops

guildfordgreenbeltgroup.co.uk/post/it-s-a-fu… PSST....Send with Ripley...Pass it on

It’s essential to campaign, to respond to the consultations, write letters and raise awareness. It’s that or see the local destruction unfold as the carbon emissions escalate threatening all life on Earth Stop the #Ecocide #NoNewRoads Support Transport Action Network

But what does this loss look like? My attempt to visualise it: each bird represents 1 million pairs - many more (57) fade out than are replaced (21). Thanks to all BTO #volunteers whose observations provide evidence for action👉strategy.bto.org #ornithology #conservation

"The government’s target to build 300,000 new homes a year to solve the housing crisis could use up the entirety of the UK’s 1.5°C carbon budget a study has found." environmentjournal.online/climate-change…

Jonny Dymond Ros Coward 🍃💚🍃 Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 The World at One @SimonClarkeMP Interesting statistic England: 1997-2021 Population increased by 16% 1997-2021 Housing Stock increased by 20%.

💭"Freedom is not having to get into a car to go somewhere, but having the choice of how to get around. Often that choice has been taken away by billions of dollars of investment in car infrastructure." 📝 Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen in our blog: 📌️ow.ly/TYbs50OnX07

A steep decrease in the number of Nightjar fledglings per nest between the 1970s & 2000s has not been fully reversed by the slight improvement in the last ten years. Conserving suitable open ground habitat such as lowland heathland is critical. #SpringWatch BBC Springwatch

Oh and as it transpires even thought they made a £74m loss South East Water still managed to pay a £9m dividend to shareholders. Yes, you can't make this stuff up. And the regulator @ofwat does what exactly? thetimes.co.uk/article/south-…

🆕We've published our new report on Food Security We're calling for a more coherent approach to, and focus on, Food Security from GOV.UK 🍽️ 📺Watch our video summarising our findings below ⬇️ Read our report 👇 committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

Air pollution linked to rise in antibiotic resistance that imperils human health theguardian.com/society/2023/a…

Things seem to have hotted up since the approval of the A303 Stonehenge road scheme in July. This is a road scheme condemned by UNESCO, recommended for refusal by the Government’s own planning inspectors in 2020, and halted by the High Court in 2021! transportactionnetwork.org.uk/transport-in-t…

Ant Breach Too scared to retweet with my tweet in case I reply to you?! Interesting 660 people have liked my tweet about the environment. And the countryside is considered part of our national heritage. Right housing, right place, please, not developer-led futurecountryside.org/blog/british-c…

To repeat. The 3 largest house builders in the UK are over £500,000,000 richer since Michael Gove binned pollution rules on Tuesday morning. Guess who provides 20% of Tory party funding? Not that any of those things are interconnected you'll understand. housingtoday.co.uk/news/a-fifth-o…

Just another example of National Highways “improving your journey”… at vast expense to the taxpayer and with complete disregard for the pollution and chaos generated during construction #NoNewRoads Full weekend A3 closure 20-mile diversion route mapped. getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-ne…

You couldn’t make it up . . . and you don’t have to . . . Thames Water board approved £150m payout hours before funding U-turn . . . can’t we get this lot in jail . . . ? I mean this is surely criminal isn’t it ? theguardian.com/business/artic…