Environment Secretary considering introducing larger fines and more immediate penalties for water firms that fail to stop raw sewage spilling into waterways
that in kind of one morning. campaigners like matt, though, argue there s been enough analysis already and it s time to act on sewage pollution. more information i is good information. why not? why not have collect more i samples from windermere? but this shouldn t be collecting - samples whilst we watch the decline of windermere and then| we eventually see a plan five, ten years down the line. there s not been enough done to ensure that today, in 2023, that windermere is not at threat of an ecological decline, - that we don t have sewage pouring into our lake. - scientists working on the project have argued phosphorus concentrations aren t only due to sewage and that the survey aims to help identify how levels can be reduced. the water will be further tested in february and april. juliet phillips, bbc look north, windermere.
But measure slammed by opposition politicians as 'a pathetic and insulting attempt to save face' amid growing outcry over sewage discharge into waterways
puffins. the second largest shark in the world, the world, the basking shark. these threats, climate change, plastic and sewage pollution, overfishing, they happen in the uk, so plenty to do on our front door step to save the seas. tide front door step to save the seas. we have mentioned sewage pollution a lot. . . have mentioned sewage pollution a lot. . , , ., have mentioned sewage pollution a lot. . , ,., ., , have mentioned sewage pollution a lot. . , ., , , lot. that is something that must be heartbreaking lot. that is something that must be heartbreaking to lot. that is something that must be heartbreaking to see. lot. that is something that must be heartbreaking to see. personally, l lot. that is something that must be heartbreaking to see. personally, i| heartbreaking to see. personally, i do not understand how anyone can think that is ok, to decimate the aquatic environment with pollution. it is something i have campaigned on with the angling trust and other environmenta
who s chief executive of surfers against sewage. sewage has definitely been in the news agenda recently because of the pollution at a number of beaches. when liz truss was environment secretary, during that time she oversaw what turned out to be millions of pounds worth of cuts in money that was meant to be spent on dealing with pollution, so do you have hopes that as prime minister she might do something to help? figs she might do something to help? is environment she might do something to help? sis environment secretary she slashed funding for environmental regulation, regulation that would have held water companies to account. we now see millions of hours of sewage pollution going into rivers and coastlines, so why was the long term thinking about the health of the environment? we are concerned about the climate issue, moved to open up more oil and gas exploration in the north sea, the