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06 April 2023
Environmental Regulators in Northern Ireland under Investigation for Failing Salmon
Fish Legal has referred environmental regulators in Northern Ireland to the Office for Environmental…
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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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12 March 2023
Anaerobic Digester At Centre Of Wye Court Case Investigated For Planning Breaches
An anaerobic digester plant due to receive tonnes of additional manure from expanding poultry produc…
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24 February 2023
Public’s ‘right to know’ about water company pollution could be scrapped
A legal right for the public to know what damage privatised water companies are causing to rivers, l…
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20 January 2023
Water Giant Referred to Information Watchdog for Withholding Environmental Information
Severn Trent Water, the UK’s second largest water company, has been referred to the Information Comm…
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19 January 2023
South-West Water pay £5,800 to anglers in Crediton for polluting river with toxic chemicals
South-West Water Limited has paid £5,800 to compensate a small fly-fishing club whose stretches of t…
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17 December 2022
Authorities leave Teifi exposed to repeat major pollution
The anaerobic digestor facility responsible for a major pollution on the Teifi in 2016 is still oper…
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09 December 2022
Anglers successfully sue River Mole polluter and donate £18,000 settlement to restore the river
A company that polluted nearly 5km of the River Mole, the principal tributary of the River Taw, in D…
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08 December 2022
Fish Legal welcomes Defra and North Eastern IFCA climbdown over bass netting
For over a year, Fish Legal has been pressing Defra and North Eastern Inshore Fisheries Conservation…
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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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