Published on: 2 December 2024
A new analysis of the latest official data from the Environment Agency has uncovered widespread river pollution linked to toxic neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics), known for their harmful effects on bees
Read More...Published on: 29 November 2024
Water company profits should not be soaring while performance for customers and the environment continues to fail
Read More...Published on: 4 November 2024
Wildlife and Countryside Link's new 2023 Wildlife Crime Report found that wildlife crime levels have remained stubbornly high since a surge during the Covid-19 pandemic, with 4,735 incidents reported in 2023. There were increased instances of persecution, harm or death being reported for badgers, bats and marine mammals in 2023.
Read More...Published on: 31 October 2024
32 leading environmental, nature, and water sports organisations, including Wildlife and Countryside Link, River Action, The Rivers Trust, Surfers Against Sewage, and the Angling Trust, have joined forces to call on the newly appointed Chair of the Government’s Water Commission Sir Jon Cunliffe
Read More...Published on: 16 October 2024
With the doors soon to open at COP16, nature groups are warning in a new progress tracker that inadequate action from the previous Government has left England off-track on meeting global biodiversity commitments.
Read More...Published on: 11 October 2024
Annual progress tracker on the landmark 30x30 nature target shows a decrease in the amount of land in England effectively protected for nature to under 3%, while the amount of sea protected increases fractionally to 9.92%
Read More...Published on: 27 September 2024
Ofwat has given draft approval to a water industry budget of £88bn for the next 5 years, £35bn of which is enhancements, of which only £2bn is natural solutions. More ambition and investment is particularly needed in cost effective natural solutions to clean up sewage and chemical pollution and reduce flooding.
Read More...Published on: 10 September 2024
Ahead of the Autumn Statement and the Comprehensive Spending Review, over 30 organisations from the environmental, professional, and public sectors have signed a joint letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves. They are calling for increased investment in environmental planning expertise as a way to unlock economic growth and deliver on infrastructure, homebuilding, and nature targets.
Read More...Published on: 3 September 2024
This week, nature organisations are calling on peers to back a bill that would place a "green duty" on public bodies in order to 'unlock' progress towards nature and climate targets.
Read More...Published on: 30 July 2024
The Government’s review of the Environmental Improvement Plan, has been welcomed by Wildlife and Countryside Link, though the green group cautions that the challenge now lies in turning the plan into effective action for nature.
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