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Once York Natural Environment Trust CIO - protecting green spaces in York, UK since 1988 died 2006

York, UK Katılım Ağustos 2012
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Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News@Channel4News·
Why campaigners want a referendum on water ownership After years of sewage scandals and complaints about water companies, there are calls for the industry in England and Wales to be re-nationalised. 📩Read our latest newsletter here: channel4news.substack.com/p/why-campaign…
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The i Paper
The i Paper@theipaper·
One in five trees planted using taxpayer funding died due to drought last year, leaving the UK even further away from meeting its legally-binding tree cover targets trib.al/msWDjfl
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The i Paper@theipaper·
An anonymous US official has told Reuters that an American fighter jet was shot down over Iran, corroborating earlier Iranian state media reports. ➡️ Follow live updates: trib.al/qJRjZbq
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Simon Kuestenmacher
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600·
Topsoil isn’t just dirt. It’s the thin, fragile layer that feeds 8 billion people. Lose it, and yields fall, prices rise, and food security weakens. It takes centuries to form and minutes to destroy. One of the most underappreciated assets in our economy.
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Paul Powlesland
Paul Powlesland@paulpowlesland·
The flip side of this, of course, is that developers can use the threat of sky high costs to strong arm cash-strapped local councils into passing crap development for which there are lawful grounds for refusing. A key contributor to this is the ludicrous costs charged by barristers and solicitors in the UK. I don’t think we talk enough about how the bankruptcy level of costs to have almost any legal dispute determined by a fair & impartial court is undermining democracy & the rule of law in this country.
Sam Coates Sky@SamCoatesSky

EXC Does your council wrongly block projects, and have to pay millions in council tax when the decisions are overturned? We reveal what's going wrong. Investigation by @JoeCookJ and me, interrogating everyone planning council in England

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Bog-trotter
Bog-trotter@4peatssake2·
"The promise to open up the Land Registry would bring to an end a 1000 yrs of secrecy shrouding who owns England, & enable scrutiny of what goes on behind the barbed-wire fences that crisscross the countryside." [1% of the population own half of England]" theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Saul Staniforth
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth·
"It was that collusion between regulator and water industry" Robert Forrester was an Environment Agency whistleblower who is portrayed in Channel 4's 'Dirty Business' #GMB
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STAUNCH@STAUNCHcampaign·
@RosieP4 @greenbeltnagger @sallydjbarley @NaturalEngland In North Northamptonshire @NaturalEngland just completely passed the buck on their statutory requirements. Saying it was up to the Council to decide if an adverse affect would occur to the Special Protection Area. It’s letting development happen & simply hoping for no impact.
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UKSwifts
UKSwifts@swifts_uk·
Retweet ❗️ This is a Swift. sometimes they can end up on the ground. This is where they need YOUR help! Swifts arrive back to the UK from April/May to nest. 🪺 (A THREAD)
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watershed_investigations
watershed_investigations@WATERSHED_i·
Ahead of tomorrow's report on sewage releases, we've loaded data on discharges near bathing sites onto our Watershed Pollution Map for you to investigate & make your own assessment of how water companies are doing. Come on in, the water's lovely... share.google/NRIteMxqbvM7o8…
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watershed_investigations@WATERSHED_i·
As a proposed oil & gas project looks set to drill directly through a chalk aquifer beneath the Yorkshire Wolds supplying drinking water to 900,000 people, David Eddy asks: Who is protecting our water sources? share.google/0ci0d5M1NXDFvA…
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Feargal Sharkey
Feargal Sharkey@Feargal_Sharkey·
Yet more corruption exposed. In 2024 98%, yes 98% of all serious water company pollution incidents got downgrade by the Environment Agency to minor. Time to end the charade, to call an end to the farce. Time for public ownership.
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth

".. they had a cosy relationship with the water industry" Robert Forrester, Environment Agency whistleblower, explains why the agency downgraded 98% of serious pollution incidents by the water companies to minor incidents #GMB

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