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Huge news ⚠️ The government has sat on plans to tighten sewage sludge rules for 3 YEARS despite the EA warning of serious contamination from pollutants like #PFAS & #microplastics! Read @TessColley's investigation now (outside our paywall - for now!) ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/1924752
🔴BREAKING (and free to read!) Vegetables grown near a Lancashire chemical plant have been found to be contaminated with PFOA, a carcinogenic chemical, with the soil in residential gardens also confirmed to contain extremely high levels of the chemical endsreport.com/article/192644…
Vegetables grown in an allotment near a Lancashire chemical plant have been found to contain elevated levels of a carcinogenic PFAS, with the soil samples in residential gardens also confirmed to contain elevated levels ⚠️ @neill_pippa reports ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192644…
“Completely unacceptable” 📢@RSBenwell, ceo @WCL_News An ENDS investigation has revealed that the government sat on plans to tighten sewage sludge rules for three years despite warnings from the Environment Agency⚠️ Read more here ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192475…
Environment secretary Steve Reed responded to the Independent Water Commission’s report by immediately accepting several of its recommendations 🌊 Here’s what you need to know about the report, and the changes already put in motion ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192637…
A Water Reform Bill will be introduced next year to deliver plans to axe water regulator Ofwat and create a new 'super regulator', government has confirmed ⚠️ ENDS understands this could result in job losses ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192617…
“Farmers are being deceived by the water companies” - George Monbiot ICYMI: An ENDS investigation has revealed 22 tonnes of microplastics are dumped on farms PER DAY via sewage sludge ⚠️ Read and find out more ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192475…
The government has tabled amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s draft nature protection reforms, with responses to the changes ranging from “welcome” to “deeply disappointing”. Here’s what you need to know ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192601…
The Labour MP who led a rebellion over the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s controversial nature protection reforms had had the whip removed, with Labour sources reported to have said he and other MPs have been punished for “persistent knobheadery”... ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192585…
A campaign group has accused the government of using “bullying tactics” amid a trend in applications to raise the costs that such groups will face if their legal challenge is unsuccessful. @Cat_Early76 reports ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192487…
🚨The packaging waste sector is facing some of the most significant reforms it has seen for decades – but at an eye-watering cost. @ConorMcG1one investigates who is set to shoulder the cost, and why tensions are brewing among UK regulators ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192477…