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OccuWorld<p>Alabama: Trump Terminates Settlements for Black Communities Harmed By Raw Sewage</p><p><a href="https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/04/134761-alabama-trump-terminates-settlements-black-communities-harmed-raw-sewage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">planetizen.com/news/2025/04/13</span><span class="invisible">4761-alabama-trump-terminates-settlements-black-communities-harmed-raw-sewage</span></a></p><p>Trump deemed the landmark civil rights agreement “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HarmedPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmedPeople</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RacistPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/BlackCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Compensation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compensation</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Denied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denied</span></a></p>
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&amp;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&amp;si=VfuPEgNtQtZgi0Ia</span></a></p>
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: :hb:<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 &amp; 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 &amp; down for an eternity, thinking you’re going to sink &amp; drown at any moment &amp; 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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
HiCoo 💙🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p>Pledge number 4 from the CONservatives is to make NHS waiting lists fall and provide the care that people need.</p><p>Their "promise" in December 22 didn't even last 6 MONTHS before they reneged on it.</p><p>OK -sure, so I wonder how THAT is going to happen if the CONservatives are cutting £250 MILLION from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SocialCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialCare</span></a> funding and recruitment. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFascistDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFascistDictatorship</span></a> caused the <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NursesStrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NursesStrikes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RailStrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailStrikes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> dumped <br>So many <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrexitBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrexitBenefits</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/17/government-to-cut-250m-from-social-care-workforce-funding-in-england-report-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2023/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/17/government-to-cut-250m-from-social-care-workforce-funding-in-england-report-says</span></a></p>
HiCoo 💙🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p>Just a small reminder about how 27 people got sick at the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Whitstable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitstable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Oyster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oyster</span></a> festival in 2021 due to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TorySewageParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorySewageParty</span></a> allowing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> into <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Seas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seas</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Waterways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterways</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a> <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/DEFRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEFRA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> </p><p>Will it be more this year?<br>Will it be able to go ahead?</p><p><a href="https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/diners-poisoned-by-sewage-at-whitstable-oyster-festival-298464/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelondoneconomic.com/news/din</span><span class="invisible">ers-poisoned-by-sewage-at-whitstable-oyster-festival-298464/</span></a></p>
HiCoo 💙🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBCBreakfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCBreakfast</span></a> reporter says <br> "biggest leeches in the country are found here at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSPB</span></a> site in Dungeness, Kent." </p><p>One begs to differ - I think you'll find the biggest leeches are found in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TorySewageParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorySewageParty</span></a> <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/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrexitBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrexitBritain</span></a></p>
HiCoo 💙🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p>See in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThereseCoffey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThereseCoffey</span></a> constituency.</p><p>Wonder if she still includes she'd a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConservativeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConservativeParty</span></a> member in her bio or has deleted it like so many of the other <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryDeletingTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryDeletingTories</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TorySewageParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorySewageParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RawSewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawSewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a></p>
stephie<p>Data released today by Defra &amp; the Environmental Agency reveal that raw sewage was dumped into rivers &amp; coastal areas by private water companies 301,091 times in 2022. This amounts to 1.75 million hours or &gt;800 sewage dumps every single day!!!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/defra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/environmentalagency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalagency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/rawsewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawsewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/privatewatercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatewatercompanies</span></a></p>