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11 July 2024
This new Government will be Tested in Court on Legally Binding Targets for Water
In 2023, Fish Legal – acting for the Pickering Fishery Association – won a ground-breaki…
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02 February 2024
Enforcement Action over Abstraction on Northern Ireland salmon river “not a priority” for Office of Environmental Protection
The Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) has decided not to take any enforcement action against…
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30 August 2023
If the Government Had Acted Sooner to Tackle Diffuse Agricultural Pollution…
Yesterday, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that they are thinking…
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18 July 2023
Fish Legal taking Southern Water to the Criminal Courts
Fish Legal has started a private prosecution against Southern Water for polluting the river Test in…
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12 July 2023
Government and Environment Agency face High Court challenge over Yorkshire river pollution
This week, the High Court will hear a judicial review of Government and Environment Agency decision-…
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02 June 2023
Natural Resources Wales delay decision about River Wye downgrade
Natural Resources Wales is yet to confirm whether they have found environmental damage to the river…
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28 April 2023
Water Company Allowed to Continue Polluting Protected Cumbrian River with Sewage Litter for 6 More Months
The Environment Agency (EA) has given United Utilities, the UK’s 3rd largest water company, six mont…
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24 March 2023
Anglers launch legal action over Environment Agency’s failure to curb Yorkshire Water sewage spills
The Government and Environment Agency are facing legal action for failing to stop pollution in the C…
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28 November 2022
Natural Resources Wales accept publicly for the first time that poultry industry is damaging river Wye
The Welsh environmental regulator, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), has for the first time publicly ac…
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01 August 2022
Southern Water drought plan for rare chalk stream faces challenge for failure to protect wild salmon
A proposal by utility Southern Water to lift restrictions on the amount of water it takes from the R…
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